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ART OF FORETELLL 

FUTURE EVENTS, 



BREAMS, MOLES, CARDS, ice. &c, Ic. 
Carefully done from the Arabic Manuscripts 

IBRAHAM ALI MAHOMED HAFEZ, 

NEW-YORK: 
PUBLISHED BY RICHARD SCOTT. 

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THE 

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DBEAM BOOK. 



\V E shall begin this work with the rxplana- 
tioQ of drer^ras, which have always a reterence to 
some traDsaciioD ttat is about to tnke place ; lor 
if a man was narrowly -o watch his dreamy, he 
woukl find that he was always forewarned ot the 
occurrenceF. about to happen in those rocmerits, 
when both ihe body and mind seem lost m the 
soft slumbers of obiivion. For tbe sake of ena- 
bling our readers more read'ly lo refer to them, 
we have arranged them alphabetic illy. 

ONEIROLOGY; 

Or, ihe science ef Joreteliing future events hy 
Dreams. 

■^ ABUSE, 

To dream that you are abused and insulted, is 
a certain sign that some dispute will happen be- 
tween you and some person with whom you have 
business ; therefore, alter such a dream, you 
should be particularly careful of yourself and be 
as gentle and mild as possible, that you may not 
give those with whom you have dealings any ad- 
vantage over you— if you areinlove, be assured 



that some one has atteoipted to injure you with 
the object of ) our alTectious, and that they have 
in a great measure succeedefi — you should, there- 
fore, after such a dream, be particularly com- 
plaisant and atteutire ; by this means you will 
eradicate the unfavorable impressions that have 
been made against you— if you have a law-suit, 
keep a sharp look out alter your attorney, for 
such a dream in that case denotes, that he is en- 
deavouring to sell your cau&e — avoid, after such 
a dream, taking a journey by land, or a voyage 
by Fea, for eight and forty hours, because such a 
dream forebodes accidents by travelling. 

To dream of the commission of this sin, fore- 
bodes great troubles and misfortunes — if you are 
in lore, you will certainly fail in marrying the 
object of your wishes — if you have a law-Riit, it 
•will certainly go against you, by the treachery of 
those who prettnd to be your frie:sds — if you are 
in business some hea\y Iofs will happen to yoU. 
Such a dream announces that you are in great 
danger of losing your liberty— and if you are 
about to take a voyage by Fea, omit it for the 
present, for you will never reach the destined 
port. To dre-^m you were tempted to commit 
tins crime, and that you resisted it, is an happy 
omen — every thing will flourish with you- — be 
sure it is a good time to begin trade after such a 
dream — if you have a law-suit all will go in your 
favor, with credit to yourself and confusion to 
your opponents — if you are about to take a long 
journey, it will be pleasant and successful to your 
object— if you are going to sea, you will have an 
agreeable voyage, fine weather, ?.nd a quick ar- 
rival at the port of destination— if you are ii> 



love, press the object of your wishes for they will 
be gratified. 

ABEL. 

To dream of this second son of Adam, the 
victim of his brother's vengeance and jealousy, 
and the first man that stained the eatrh with his 
blood, is a favorable omen, portends future ele- 
vation and ^r indeur — if you have a \3i^^ -suit, it 
will terminate in your favor — if you are in love, 
the mistress of your heart will be kind and faith- 
ful — if you are about to commence trade, your 
business will thrive, and you will become rich— 
if you are a farmer, be sure of good crops the 
ensuing season — ^if you are about to undertake a 
journey, it will be prosperous to you ; in short, 
expect to rise to honours, dignity, and aifluence^ 
observe one thing, that should he speak to you 
in your dream, you should be very careful to 
mind what he says, as otherwise you may mar 
all ypur good fortune, and reverse every benefit 
that fortune has in store for you, 

ABRAHAM* 

To dream of this patriarch is favorable to 
the person who dreams ; it in general denotes 
accumulation of riches and of honours; in a 
woman, it denotes, that she will have many 
children; if you are in love, it denotes you will 
have many rivals; if you have a law-suit, it. 
forebodes that many difficulties will occur — if 
you are in business, then it portends a great in- 
crease of your business, and that you will ertiploy 
many hands to conduct it ; you must also be 
very observant of what he says to you, for he 
will perhaps inform you how to avoid some mis^ 
fortune, or how to attain to riches and honors, 
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"^^c-^.- ' ADAM. 

To dream you see this fatlier cf maa, this ia- 
habitant of Paradise, who was betrayed by Eve 
into sin, is an happy omeo ; if he looks pleasant 
be sure you will succeed in whatever you under- 
take — ^ifyou are in love, expect your mistress to 
smile on your Icve, and to reward your con^ 
stancy— ifyou have a law-suit, expect it to be 
given mucii in your favor by the judj>;e— if you 
are a farmer, expect an abundant crop, and 
that your pigs, poultry, and cattle, will increase 
very fast, and be of a good kind, and fetch the 
best price at market — if you are about fo quit 
jour native place, abandon the idea, for depend 
gome benefit is in store for you in the place 
where you had birth — if you have already quit- 
ted it, I would advise you, ifyou can, to return, 
for there lies your forume and prosperity ; do 
not undertake journies unless absohitely neces- 
sary, for although they will be successful, yet 
you will still be more fortunate by resting at 
home — if he looks displeased and angry, then 
you must use ^reat caution in all your dealings, 
for some mischief is intended you, but you will 
get the better of it ; but on no account under- 
take a voyas:e by sea, neither borrow nor lend 
moGey, for at least a month or two, because, if 
you do, you will lose what you lend and what 
you borrow will bring you into trouble ; be care- 
ful, if he speaks to you, to mind what he says, 
and observe it as faithfully as you possibly can. 

ADVERSARY. 

To dream you meet witJi an adversary de- 
notes that you will overcome some obstacle to 
your happiness— if you are a lover, you will 
conquer some powerful rival, and be happy in 



your love; it also denotes, that your affairs are 
going on well — if } ou arc soliciting? a place, it 
portends you are about to get it ; if you are in 
trade, it forebodes sendee good orders, and an 
increase of business ; if you quarrel, and he over- 
comes you, it is a good sign, for you will con- 
quer all obstacles to your promotion, happiness, 
and fortune; but if you conquer him, then it 
denotes that you will never rise to any great pre- 
ferment by the means you are at present 
adopting ; that many things will miscarry with 
you, but in general you will be fortunate— 
should he draw b!3od of you, you will surely 
lose your liberty for a time, but will afterwards 
be flourishing and happy. 

ACaUAINTANCE. 

To dream you quarrel or fight with an ac- 
quaintance is an unlucky omen; it forebodes a 
divisioQ among your own family, much to the 
injury and prejudice of the dreamer — if you are 
in love, your mistress will prove unfaithful, and 
marry some other man that she has told you she 
most hates — if you are in business, some heavy 
loss will befall you; you will disagree with some 
of your best friends on the most trivial matters, 
which will end in an open rupture; if you are a 
farmer, expect a bad crop, the murrain among 
your cattle : that your pigs and poultry will 
fail, and not fetch good prices — if you have a 
law-suit, depend, that your attorney will neglect 
you, that your witnesses will be tardy and back- 
ward, and that finally you will lose your cause. 
Do not for some time undertake a journey by 
land, or a voyage by sea : enter for the present 
into no new urKleriakiag, for you will be uu» 
sncccsgfiil ; quit, if you can, your present plac^ 



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of residence ; and above all, avoid lendino: mo- 
ney, for you will surely lose it, together with 
the friendship of those to whom you lend it. 

AGUE. 

To dream you have an ague, denotes nothing 
very particular, more than you are in danger of 
becoming a drunkard and a glutton. If you 
have any relation or friend that h ill, it denotes 
they will recover. And if you have a law-suit, 
that it will be settled in your favor. If you are 
in love, it forewarns you, that if you do not 
immediately marry you will lose your n^istress. 
If you dream another has an ague, then it de- 
notes a variety of fortune, that you will some- 
times be rich, and sometimes poor; that you 
trill have much trouble, lose your liberty, and 
die before you are fifty. To dream your sweet- 
heart has an ague, is a lucky omen, it shews 
you are beloved, and that you w ill be happy with 
the object of your wishes, but never very rich. 

AIR. 

To dream of the atmosphere, has a variety of 
interpretations, and depends entirely on the dif- 
ferent appearances it has. If you dream the sky 
is clear, of a fine blue, calm and serene, then it 
is a good omen ; you will be successful in your 
enterprises; if you are soliciting any place or 
preferment, you will surely obtain it — -if you 
are in love, you will surely marry the object of 
your afiections— have you a law^-suit ? you will 
gain it — are you in trade ? it will flourish and 
be profitable — are you a farmer? good crops 
will attend you, your cattle will increase, your 
pigs and poultry will be abundant, your com- 
niodiiieswill fetch a good price at market; are 
you married? yen will have many children, 



and they Tvill be dutiful and do well. Are you 
about to undertake a journey ? it will answer 
your utmost expectations ; are you ^oino^ to 
sea ? you will have a pleasant and piosperous 
voyage; are you in debt? you will speedily be 
enabled to extricate yourself from it ; are you 
inpri^07l? you will shortly be set at liberty; 
are you going into business ? you will succeed, 
and have nu^ny friends; are you in poverty ? 
riches will quickly drive away its remembrance ; 
have you a quarrel ? it will soon be made up to 
your advantage; in short, whatever point you 
aim at, it will be crowned with success. 

To dream it is streaked with white, denotes 
that many severe difficulties will befall you, 
over which you will eventually triumph ; you 
will perhaps go to jail, but you will come out 
again shortly with honor and credit to yourself; 
it forbodes that many enemies will attack you 
both openly and secretly, that they will appear 
to have the advantage over you for a time, but 
in the end they will be routed and overcome by 
you ; your children will get into troubles, out 
of which you will extricate them ; if you are in 
love, many crosses will happen to you, and for 
a time you will appear to lose the affections of 
your sweetheart, but in the end you will marry 
and be happy, and have fin€ children; if you 
have a law^-suit, you will have much trouble and 
vexation, but you will gain it after all ; if you 
are in business, many difficulties will occur, 
which friends will remove, and you will at last 
be prosperous ; if you go to sea, you w ill be 
cast away, but get safe ashore, and be fa- 
vorably received by the inhabitants of the coun- 
try; if you borrow money, you will be much 
slandered and abused by the person who lends 



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it to you; if you lend money, you will have 
great trouble in recovering it ; it portends, that 
you will have a light illness, but your health, 
will be much better afterwards, | 

To dream that it is full of thick, dark, and ' 
heavy clouds, is an unfavorable token; you will 
fall sick and perhaps die; dis^^appointments will 
attend your business ; if you are in love, you 
will not marry the person you intended ; if you 
have a law-suit jou will lose it; if you go to sea 
you will have bad weather, meet with storms 
and shipwreck, and lose all your, property ; you 
will lose some friend, or near relation by death; 
many friends will desert you ; yqu will grow 
melancholy, and every thing will cross your ex- 
pectations; therefore, after such a dream you 
should change your situation, be what it may. 

To dream that the sky is streaked with red, 
and looks fiery, denotes, that in love you will 
be successful ; in business not so; it biso fore- 
w^arns you that some friend or relation will be 
killed in battle, and that sickness will attend 
your family; if you have a son he will get into 
many difficulties, and narrowly escape losing 
his life; a journey by land will injure your 
health and pocket, but a voyage by sea will be 
prosperous, and conducive to your health — if 
you are in prison, you will remain there some- 
time — if you owe ^ny money, I advise you to 
pay it immediateljr, otherwise it will bring you 
into trouble — whatever you lend you will loose; 
but if you have any hopes of getting a place, 
you will, after some trouble, succeed, and it 
will turn out lucrative — it also dei otes that the 
Dext woman you meet, not of your own fami- 
ly, will be your enerpy and endeaypuv to cjo 



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^oU an injury ; this you may prevent by being 
very civil and obliging to her, which will allay 
her resentments against you — if you are a farm- 
er you will have but indifferent crops, and will 
lose some of your horses by sickness or acci- 
dent — if your father and you are at variance, 
depend it will be speedily made up, and that he 
will befriend you; but be very cautious of 
quarrelling, for you will have the worst of it — 
you will get some small matter by legacy, but 
it will not do you much good. 

ALTAR. 

To dream you are at the altar and receiving the 
holy sacrament, is a very unfavourable omen 
and denotes many heavy and severe afflictions, 
and that you will be very unsuccessful in your 
pursuits, and have much trouble in overcoming 
your difficulties. If you are in love, your sweet- 
heart will die before you marry, or else be re- 
moved very far from you forever — if you are in 
business, heavy losses will attend you, and you 
will with great difficulty keep from going to pri- 
son — you will lose m«ny friends by death— sick- 
ness will come upon you and your family, and 
your children will be undutiful and turn out bad. 

ANCHOR. 

To dream of this emblem of hope, denotes 
some good to the dreamer ; it forebodes many 
unexpected successes. If you are in love, it 
irarns you to be assi^luous and attentive to obtain 
the object of your wishes, otherwise your passion 
will cot meet with success — if you are in trade, 
then it forebodes success at a distant prriod, after 
you had n^^arly given over all expectation of do- 
ing well ; expect shortly to see some friend who 
has been at sea, and that he has escaped some 



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perilous situation— it forebodes, that lawsuits will 
attend you, in which you will not gain much, al- 
though you will not be much injured by tliem — 
beware of gome friend who pretends you more 
than ordinary attachment, he ivill deceive you, 
and endeavour though vainly to harm you; yoaj 
will have many children, chiefly girls, and the 
third bora will be the best ofF in this world* 

ANGELS. 

To dream you see angels in your sleep^isa^ 
sure sign that some one is near you — therefore be 
mindful of the rest of your dream, for it will 
csme to pass pretty accurately ; should you only 
dream you see nothing but an angel, or angels, 
then it denotes health, prosperity, and much hap- 
pi^sess, with many children, who will all turn out 
good. If a woman with child dreams ofthem, 
she will have a good time and perhaps twins — \{ 
you are in love, nothing can be more favourable, 
and ail your undertakings will prosper, and be 
advantageous to you, 

ANGER. 

To dream that you are in a passion and angry 
with any one, denotes you have many enemies, 
and that some evil design is formed against your 
happiness and security — if you arein love, be sure 
that some dangerous rival is slandering you to 
your sweetheart — if you are at law with any one, 
depend that secret attempts are making to sell 
your cau&e ; if you are in business look carefu'ly 
after your servants, for you are forewarned that 
they are about to plunder you, and do you an in- 
jury ; be careful whom you trust, for some swind- 
ler will attempt to defraud you, and without great 
care on your part will be successful. Tf you are 
going a journey, avoid travelling by night or aloiie 



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iQ bye places; for such a dream denotes, you Avill 
be robbed and ill treated — if you dream you see 
another in a passion uith you, it is rather more 
favorable, but still forebodes some very unpleasant 
misfortunes about to happen to you ; if you are 
in love, your s^veetheart will fall sick and expe- 
rience some heavy loss. If ycu are in business 
some creditors v;ill become very troublesome to 
you, and perhaps arrest you ; if you have a law- 
suit, you -will find great difficulty in getting money 
to carry it on ; if you are going to sea, storms 
will arise, and you will have a very dangerous 
passage ; if you journey by land, you will fall 
sick en the road and be unsuccessful in what you 
are about. 

ANTS. 

To dream of these industrious little insects, 
hath a variety of interpretations, and depends up- 
on the manner in which you dream of them ; if 
you see them running about, it denotes that you 
Will be a great loser by some plan that you will 
undertake for gain, and that you will be consid- 
erably the sufferer by an avaricious disposition ; 
if you are ia love, too geat a regard to the dower 
of your intended wife will breakoif the match ; if 
you are going to sea with mx^rchand'ze, you will 
be taken in when you most expect to make a good 
bargain. If you have a lawsuit, you will lose it, 
although circumstances may appear much in your 
favour. In short, some speculation by which you 
expect to make much money, will go very near to 
ruin you. If you dream you see them busily em- 
ployed laying in their winter stores, it is a good 
omen — things will prosper with you ; if you un- 
dertake a journey, it will turn out well ; if you are 
in love, your love v, ill be crowned with success ; 



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if you are in business, your affairs mil prospesv 
and you will grow rich, get many friends, and ar- 
rive at considerable honors in the state ; if you 
are a farmer, plentiful crops of corn will gild 
your fields ; your hay harvest will be abundant ; 
your cattle will multiply; your sows will have 
large litters ; your hens will hatch many chickens | 
your poultry in general will incrrase very fast 
and yo.ur commodities will fetch the best price at 
market. If you go to sea, you will get money 
by it; if you are married, you will have an aff^c- 
tionate wife and many children, with am- 
ple means of supporting them ; in short, your 
concerns will prosper, and you will be very 
happy. If they appear to be devoured by other 
animals, and oiherwise injured and trodden 
upon, then it is a bad omen; secret enemies^ 
are compassing your ruin ; some bosom friend 
will deceive you ; your sweetheart will be un- 
kind and perhaps unfaithful ; your business will 
be unproductive, bad crops will attend your cul- 
tivation, and your commodities will not fetch a 
good price at market. If you go to sea, misfor- 
tunes will attend your voyage ; if you have a law- 
suit, you w ill surely lose it by tl^e perfidy of 
some pretended friend ; if you journey by lend, 
you will be attacked by robbers, and robbed of 
whatever you have 5 if they are entirely destroy- 
ed, you will get into prison, your busines will 
fail ; if ycu are in love, your sweetheart wil! not 
reward your passion; if you are a faroier, your 
cattle will die of the murrain, and your cropr. he 
unproductive; if you go to sea, you wiii be cast 
away sod lose your all; if you expect a place 
you will be disappointed ; and if you are in a 
good phcc, yon ivili kiuely lose it ; sickness will 



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attack you, your thread of life will be cut shorty 
yourchilclreD will die, and your wife become un- 
faithful 5 in short, the most dibmal reverse will 
happen to you, and disaster attend all your 
attempts ; if you dream of these insects when you 
are sick, you must expect to recover very slowly, 
and to be a long time before you are able to 
work. 

APES. 

To dream of these mischievous animals, fore- 
bodes no good ; they are a certain sign of wick- 
ed and secret enemies, who will seek by many 
devices to injure you, be therefore upon your 
guard, for some one who pretends to be your 
friend, is about to deceive you, and you are very 
near losing your liberty; after such a dream 
a change of place is adviseable ; if you are in 
love, do not attempt to m?irry your then sweet- 
heart, for he or she will prove unfaithful, and in- 
volve you ia much trouble ; if you have a law- 
suit with any one, make it up as soon as you can, 
otherwise it will injure you greatly : if you are 
in busiaess, be extremely circumspect in your 
transactions, for danger is near; you will lose 
some friends by the malicious persecution of a 
pretended friend of your own, 

APPAREL. 

Nothing more demonstrates the events that are 
about to happen to you, than dreaming of wear- 
ing apparel ; but almost every colour has a differ- 
ent interpretation, and must depend on its ap- 
pearing new or old, its fitting you, or being too 
big or too little. We shall here explain them ac- 
cording to their different significations. 

To dream you are dressed m white, is a sure 
token of success in the first object you undertake, 



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and that you will be successful in love, and that 
your sweetheart is of good temper and amiable 
dispositioa. 

To dream you are dressed in ^reeih denotes 
that you are about to take a journey to your ad- 
vantage, and that your sweetheart .prefers you to 
all other lovers. 

To dream you are dressed in blacky is an un- 
lucky omen; some quarrel is about happen be- 
tween you and a friend or a relation ; sickness is 
about to attend you raid your family; death will 
deprive you of some near friend or* relation ; law- 
suits w^ill perplex and harrass you ; if you un- 
dertake a jourrsey, it will be unsuccessful, «fld 
contribute much to injure your health and for- 
tune. If you are in love, it denotes that your 
sweetheart is very unhappy and that sickness 
will attend her ; if you are a farmer, you will be 
cheated by some knave, and your crops will turn 
out indiiferent, the murrain will attack your cat- 
tle, and some dreadful accident will happen by 
the overturning of one of your waggons : if you 
are in bnsiness, some one will arrest you, and 
you will have great difficulty in settling the mat- 
ter. 

To dream you are dressed in blue^ denotes 
happiness ; you will shortly be invited to some 
banquet or merrymakiog, when you will make 
some friends and be very happy, if you only 
avoid quarreling, to which som.e enemy to your 
ivelfare will excite you. Your sw'eetheart is by 
this colour denoted to be very faithful to you, 
and will make you very happy ^nd comfortable, 
you will have many children chiefly boys, who 
w ill turn out honest and good ; if you are in tradCj 
you will prosper. 



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If you dreatn you are dressed in scarlet, you 
are thereby warned of some very heavy calamily, 
aud «a severe fit of illness ; your sweetheart is by 
it announced to you to be of a turbulent disposition, 
much inclined to dispute about trifles, and liable 
to make you very unhgppy— your children will be 
but ?hort lived and of very unhappy tempers 
much inclined lo be very sickly — it surely denotes 
a quarrel aud the loss of friends. 

To dream you are dressed in t/cUgw, is rather 
lucky than otherwise, but your sweetheart by 
it appears to be very jealous of you, and great 
pains will be requisite to prevent your separating ; 
if you are married, keep a good lookout, for 
some one is about to alienate the affections of 
your partner ; in trade, it promises prosperity, 
but Fome one will cheat you out of a tritle not of 
much consequence. If you are a farmer, you 
Trill have an abundant crop; if you undertake a 
voyage by sea, you w^ill be greatly the gainer by 
it; and if you e?v'pect any place or preferment, 
after mucli trouble you v. ill attain it. 

To dream you are dressed in crimson^ desotes 
that the dreamer will live to a sood old age, and 
be neither very fortunate or unfortunate through 
life ; you are about to experience some very plea- 
sant news from a distant quarter, and from those 
you thought dead; your sweetheart will be obli- 
ged to leave you for a time, but will continue 
faithful to you : if you are in trade you will ex- 
perience gome lo?s by a person you had great con- 
fidence in, but you will nearly at the same time, 
get a job that will amply make you amends; it 
denotes a snial! dispute between a landlord and 
his tenant, whicli will be settled amicably to the 
advantnge of the latter, 

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To flream you are dressed in a variety of col- 
mirs, denotes a variety of fortu;ies is about to at- 
tend you ; old friends will desert you, new ones 
%viii supply their place; if you are in love, a 
quarrel will take place between you and your 
sweetheart, which will, after much uneasiness to 
both parties, be adjusted by friends ; be cautious 
in what you do for some lime, for many traps will 
be laid to ensnare you, but on no account trust 
yourself on the water; your relations will short- 
ly die, and if you have any children, sickness will 
attend them ; if ycu are cick at the time of the 
dream, it denotes a happy and speedy recovery. 

To dream you are fashionably drest, and in 
good company, is very good for the dreamer; he 
will rise considerably above his present condition ; 
your sweetheart will prefer you above others, and 
be very good tempered; v/hatever you under- 
take will have a prosperous issue, and some un- 
expected news of an agreeable nature will reach 
you ; expect to see a long absent friend return in 
very good circumstances; but avoid having a 
dispute with any one, for it v/ill %o against yon, 
and do much harm, particularly if it be with your 
sweetheart. To dream you are dressed sliabbi- 
ly, tliat your clothes are rf.g«ed and torn, is a 
very bad omen. If you are in love, it denotes 
you will never marry the person io whom you are 
attached; some heavy and asHicting loss is about 
to attend you; you will surely ^o to jail, unless 
you take extraordinary care; if you are married, 
you will quarrel with your spouse, and much do- 
mestic strife will ensue ; if you go to sea, ycu will 
be cast away, and in ^reat dan^-er of starving; 
if you are in business, you will be robbed of a 
considerable quantity of goods; aad the next par- 



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eel of goods you purchase you will lose by ; if 
you are a farmer, beware what compaiiT you 
keep when you ;^o to markc^t, for sharpers will 
lay wait for you, and endeavour to cheat you ^ 
ifitishay time, look well to your hay ricks, for 
such a dream denotes that a rick will take fire, 
and be burnt to rubbish ; some quarrel will en- 
sue between you and a friend, which will end to 
your disadvantage. 

To dream your clothes fit you well, and are 
comfortable to the season of the year, is favorable 
and denotes succes? — if you are in love, you will 
be speedily married — if you are married you will 
soon have a child, most likely a boy, if it is, he 
will be a great scholar, and be advanced to great 
dignities in the state. 

To dream your clothes do not fit you, and that 
they are not suitable to the season, denotes the 
death of some friend, and a loss by iire — if you 
are in love, the person who is your lover is not 
the one intended to marry you — it also denotes 
the place you live in is not calculated for your 
prosperity and happiness, and is a warning for 
you to quit it — if you have children, some one 
of them will shortly be in great aSliction ; if they 
are grown up, one of them is near losing its liber- 
ty ; if they are young, then expect sickness to 
afflict one of them severely. 

To dream ycu see another dressed in any of 
the modes above described, forbodes to the per- 
son dreamt of, the same fortunes, and in a much 
smaller degjree, the same events to yourself. 

To dream you are dressed in new^ clothes, is a 
very favorable omen, it portends honours and suc- 
cess to vour undertakinsff . you may expect also 
to see some lona: absent friend, and to receive a 



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small legacy, or some debt which you had given 
up ; it is a most certam prognostic of marriage, 
and portends a very favorable reception with 
your lover — if you journey by land or by sea, 
it will be pleasant and profitable | it forebodes 
many children, who will make you happy; and 
if you have quarrelled with any one, it warns you 
that you should now attempt to make up the 
breach, because the parties are favorably inclined 
towards you. 

APPAHITION. 

To dream you see a ghost, hobgoblin, spectre, 
and such kind of things, is of a very unfortunate 
nature, they denote vexation and disappointment 
■?— if you are in love, it is a certain sign of your 
not being beloved in turn, that the object of your 
affections either hates you or despises you — de- 
pend upon it some one is about to deceive yon, 
and that you are in the habits of friendship with 
one who is your most inveterate enemy — do not 
undertake a journey just at the time, for it will be 
unfortunate to you — and be careful of contracting 
debts, for such a dream forebodes great trouble 
through some one to whom you shall ov.e money. 

ARMS. 

To dream your arms are withered, is a certain 
sign that you will decay in health and fortune. 
To dream they are gi*ow^n strong, signifies, that 
some expected success will attend you; and if you 
have a brother who has children, his eldest child 
will be the means of augmenting your prosperity, 
and averting from you some dreadful evil-— it sig- 
nifies success in love, and that your sweetheart is 
faithful — riches will attend you and some un- 
pleasant quarrels will be made iip to your anvan- 
tage. To dream your arrny are broken, denotes 



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Ihe loss ol' some near friend or relation — it is a 
bad prognostic, and denotes looses in trade — and 
if you are in love, your sweetheart w ill be re- 
moved to a great distance from you, and per- 
haps marry another without great caution on 
your part. To dream your right arm is cut off, 
denotes you will lose feoiiie near male relation — 
To dream your left is cut off, denotes you will 
lose.sonie near female relative. For a married 
woraao to dream her arms have growa lusty and 
strong, denotes that she will have many male chil* 
dren, that her husband will arrive at public ho- 
nours, and will grow rich, and make many 
friends. 

ASPS. 

To dream of asps, denotes that you will be- 
come extremely rich, aixl have great quantities 
of moQey by you ; if you are in love, it imports 
that your love will be returned, and that your 
sweetheart will become through your means ex- 
tremely wealthy. 

ASSES. 

*" To dream you see jack-asses is a good sign ; 
if you have servants they will be taithful and di- 
ligent ..if you are in love, youi sweetheart will 
be kind and true.,, if you are in trade, your busi- 
ness will flourish... if you are a farmer, you will 
liave good crops, and thrive well iu your present 
farm.. ..if you are going a journey by land or wa- 
ter, it will prove pleasant and successfal. To 
dream you are riding on an ass, it. the forerunner 
of some foolish quarrel, in which you will be much 
iQ the wrong, and condemned by your friends... .if 
you are in love, it denotes that some misunder- 
standing will happen between you and your sweet- 
heart in which you will be much in fault — ^if you 



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are in busiuess, it foretells that you will malce 
some foolish bargain. To dream you are driving 
ao ass, denotes that you will fail inte some trouble, 
of which you will get the betterj aod that you 
will be relieved from present embprrassuients ; if 
you are in love, it denotes that some quarrel will 
take place between your sweetheart and yourself, 
which will soon be made up agaie to your advan- 
tage, To dream an ass runs after you, deqotes 
that some slander will be raised against you by 
some foolish persons, who will become themselves 
the victims of the scandal raised against you. To 
dream you see an ass fully loaded, is of verj good 
import, and shews that yon will be the founder of 
your own fortune, which will be considerable — If 
you are in love, it warns you. that some wealthy 
person is about to estrange the .iiTections of your 
sweetheart — if you are in business, it foretells 
great success and plenty of trade — if you are a 
married woman, it denotes that you will have a 
son, who will by his own industry, attain great 
riches, and rise to high honors in the state — if you 
are a farmer, you will have an abundant crop, 
and a great increase in your cattle and poultry — it 
also denotes that some near relntion will m^ke a 
great fortune in foreign parts, which he will bring 
over with him, and spend in his native place. 

BACK. 

To dre?^m you shew your naked back, is a 
certain sign that you will be engaged in some 
lewd action, and tha? your sweetheart will prove 
false to yon — it forebodes loss by travelling, and 
that your friends are ficle and unsteady. To 
dream of the back bone, is a lucky omen, it de- 
motes health and pro^^perity in your undertakings. 
If you are in love, your sweetheart will be faithful, 



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and you are very near marrying — it alsodenote^^ 
that you will have many children, and be very 
happy — if you are in business, it forebodes great 
success in trade, and some good orders by whicli 
you will be a considerable gainer. To dream 
that your back has broke out in sores and blotches, 
denotes that you will be injured by some secret en- 
emies — 'f you are in love, it signifies to you that 
your sweetheart is about to prefer some rival 
whom you know not of. To dream you have 
broken your back foretells misfortunes; expect 
some very heavy loss, either of money or friends^ 
if you are in love, it forebodes the death of your 
sweetheart, and to a tarmer it foretells bad crops, 
tvith some severe loss among his cattle. To 
dream you are grown strong in your back, de- 
notes that some legacy will fall to you, and that 
you will unexpectedly become rich — if you are 
in love, you will shortly marry the object of your 
affections, and have many children — to a man, it 
denotes that he will shortly see the Avoman Avho is 
(o be his wife, and to a woman, that she will soon 
see the man destined to be her husband, and that 
they V. ill become rich, and be very happy. 

BAILIFFS. 

To dream you are arrested by bailiffs, is a sign 
that you vrill escape some heavy misfortune ; but 
it also foretells, that your present sweetheart will 
never marry you, and that you will be overreach- 
ed in a bargain. 

BEARD. 

For a man to dream he has a long beard, de- 
notes good fortune — if ho is in trade, be will 
tl.rive; if he is in love be will marry the present 
©bjcct of his affections^ who will bring him some 



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money; if he is a faraier, it denotes good crops, 
and aa addition to his farm. If a married woman 
dreams of a beard, it ^s unlucky, it foretells the 
loss of her husband, and that she will fall into 
great distress. If a maid dreams of a beard, it 
denotes that she will be quickly married, and 
that her first and second child will be boys. If a 
woman with child dreams of a beard, it is a si^n 
of a o;ood labour, and that the fruit in her womb 
is a boy. For a woman to dream that she has a 
beard, is a very lucky omen, and denotes that she 
will speedily attain her most sanguine desires. 

BACON. 

To dream of bacon, denotes the death of some 
friend or relation, and that enemies will endea- 
vour to^ do you a mischief; in love, it denotes 
disappointment and discontent. 

BAGPIPES. 

^ To dream of this ins'mment of Scottish mu- 
sic, indicates, that the dreamer will esperience 
great trouble, and that he will labour hard to lit- 
tle purpose; in love, it denotes that the marriage 
state will be full of cares, and that you will ia^it 
experience much poverty and distress ; it also de- 
notes bad success at sea, and forebodes shipwreck, 
and u narrow escape from death. 

BARN. 

To dream of a barn,, and that you see it well 
stored with corn, denotes much good ; if you h^ve 
a dispute, you will gain the advantage over your 
adversary ; if you are in trade, you will flourish, 
and orrow rich, and have «;ood servants if you em- 
ploy none under the age of sL^teeo ; you may ex- 
pect to have a le^-acy of land ; it foretell? to a 
man that he will marry some rich woman ; to a 
^i^aidj that she. vdW marry a rr>?io *.tI>o v:i\\ «^rovr 



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very rich by his industry, and be promoted in the 
state ; if you are in love, it denotes that your 
sweetheart is true, and will marry you ; ihat you 
will have many children, who will all become 
rich ; and that the husband will die first leaving 
his widow extremely well olTin the world. If 
you dream you see an empty barn, the reverse will 
happen. 

BA.S0N. 

To dream you are eating or drinlvin^ out of a 
bason is a certain sign that you will soon be in 
love ; but without great care you Arill not marry 
the fust object of your affections ; it denotes 
prosperity in trade and to the farmer ; if you are 
a seafaring man, it indicates that at the next port 
you touch at you will fall in love. 

BATHING. 

To dream of a bath is a very unpropitioiis o- 
men ; expect after it to experience many hardships 
and much sorrow ; if you are in love, your sweet- 
heart will expefience many crosses and losses. But 
to dream you are bathing yourself in clear water, 
denotes happiness, prosperity, and success in love : 
if the water is dirty, then it foretells shame and 
sorrow, and a disappointment in love. 

BAY TREE, 

To dream of a bay tree, denotes success in your 
undertakings, and that you will marry a rich 
person; if you are going to sea, it is a very fa- 
vorahle omen ; if your lover be at sea, expert he 
will soon return in a much wealthier condition 
than he left you. 

BEANS. 

To dream of beans is an unfavourable drean^. 
it is the forerunner of troubl(;)s and quarrels : if 
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you are iu love, expect a difference to happen lie- 
tweeii you and your sweetheart. 

BEAR. 

To dream of a bear is not a good omen ; expect 
to have much yexatiooj and that some powerful en- 
emy will attempt lo do you an injury — if you are 
in love, some richer person will estrange the love 
of your sweetheart, but they will never be happy ; 
if you are soliciting a place, depend you will lose 
it by some person of more interest stepping in be- 
tween you and your patron. 

BEES. 

To dream of these little industrious insects, 
who collect the sweets of every flower, have a va- 
riety of interpretations according to their different 
situations. To dream they sting you, denotes 
loss of good character ; and if you are in icvej of 
your sweetheart. 

To dream you see them at work, is a very 
lucky dream, it forebodes great success by your 
own industry ; if you are a farmer, be sure of good 
crops ; if you are in love, be sure you will marry 
the object of your affections and that you will have 
many children and become rich. To dream you 
see them making their honey under your own 
roof, !s the best omen in the world, be sure that it 
de.'sotes dignity in the state, riches, a good bus- 
ba^ui or wife, and many good children, in short, 
that whatever you take in hand will be prosper- 
ous ; if you are soliciting a place, depend you will 
gain It^ and afterwards be promoted. For the 
rich to dream of bees is rather unlucky ; but lo 
the poor, they denote comfort, afiluence, and suc- 
cess. 

BEGGARS. 

To dream of beggars, is rather irofavor3.b1e esr 



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pccially to lovers, and persons in business. To 
dream they hes; ajpis of you, and hat )ou refuse 
it, de loles misery, want, and a prison ; it* you nre 
in love, some soaodahins person will ruin ^ ou 
with V our sweetheart. To dream that vou give 
them alms, indicates success in business and that 
you w'.U obtain after much dilTuulty the object of 
your affections ; you^ children wili be sickly^ 
and narrowly escape many dangers. 

BED. 

To dream vou go to tlie bedside of vour lover, 
foretells a speedv marriage ; if you dream vou go 
between the sheets, \ou will have a child Avithin 
twelvemonths after marriage, who will become 
rich, and afford vou rupporl in >our old sge. 

BEHEADING. 

To dream vou see any one beheade^', is a good 
omen ; if you are in love, vou will mavrv the ob- 
ject of our affections ; if ^ ou are in prison you 
will rpeedilv ga n your liberty ; if vou are in 
tioul'le of -nv kind, it will speedily vanish ; it 
denotes also that you will see some friei'd who 
has long been absent, and that he will be in good 
health. 

BELLS. 

To dream you hear the bells ringing, denotes a 
speedy marriao:e, and that you will receive seme 
Tcry o^ood news. « 

BIRDS. 

To dream of these feathered inhabitants of the 
air, is indicative of various forture To dream 
you hear them singiiig is a favorable omen; ex- 
pect to have murh jo- ; if vou are a married man 
and have children, somethitig will happen greatly 
to the advantage of \ our famiy ; if vou are in love 
your sweetheart much wishes for the marriage^ 



aad will make you very happy 5 if you are in bu- 
sioess, success will attend vou. To dream you 
see them fijing denotes that you are about to un- 
dertake a long voyage by sea ; if they appear to 
fly swiftly and are sportive, your voyage will be 
prosperotis and pleasant, but if they appear to fly 
slowly, expect much sickness and shipwreck ; to 
dream of finding a bird's nest, if it has eggs in it, 
is a very lucky dream ; but much better if it has ., 
young ones. To dream of a bird's nest, and that 
it is empty, foretels much disappointment and un- 
easiness — ex ect to be imprisoned, for it forebodes 
loss of liberty. If you dream you see a great 
number of birds assembled together, you will be 
present at some trial. 

BLEEDING. 

To dream you are bleeding, denotes loss of 
goods and character, and that your sweetheart will 
not marry you. To dream you see another bleed- 
ing, indicates that some person who pretends to 
be your fiiend is about to take seme great advan- 
ta<i.e of you. To dream you draw blood of aho- 
ther, denotes that you will recover a lawsuit, and 
be successful in love and in business. To dream 
another draws blood of you, is a certain prognostic 
that you will be unsuccessful in love and in business 
and every thicg you undertake. 

BLIND, 

To dream of being blind is a certain sign that 
you repose your confidence in some person who is 
your bitter enemy; it denotes also, that your 
sweetheart is unfaithful, and prefers another — in 
business, it denotes that you will lose money, and 
that your servants want fidelity. 

BLOWING THE FIRE. 

To dream you are blowing the fire, indicates to 



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ibe lover, that your sweetheart is very an^jry with 
you — to the pool man, t denotes riches and suc- 
cess in life ; to the rich man it foretels poverty 
and disappointment — if a master has such a dream, 
it signifies that he will become a servant — if a 
servant dreams of it, it denotes that he will be- 
come a master. 

BOAR. 

To dream of a boar, denotes to the lover that 
some nval will attack your sweetheart, and you 
will be in ^reat dan«}:er of losing the object of 
your affections — if you are a farmer, it denotes 
that heavv rains and a tempest will damage your 
cor] — ifvou are in trade some one will oppose vou 
amongst vour connections; it also denotes that 
you will speedily have a quarrel with some per- 
son — if the boar is running, you will have the ad- 
vantage, if not your adversary will triumph over 
you. / 

BOAT. I 

To dream that you are on the water in a boat- 
provided you are in company, denotes prosper- 
ity and success in your uodertakinc^s ; if you are 
in love, your sweetheart will be faithful and will 
marry you ; and if the water throws up little bub- 
bles, you will have many children, chiefly girls; 
it also signifies that the dreamer will speedily be 
at a wedding. If you dream you are in a boat 
alone it is a bad omen ; to the lover, it denotes 
the loss of your sweetheart, who will prefer ano- 
ther; it alsodeuotes that you will be fcisakea by 
your friends, and that your undertakings in life 
w^ill be unsuccessful. To dream the boat over- 
sets, is the most fatal omen in the world ; let 
your expectations be what they may, renounce 
lliem for i!iey will never be fulfilled j if you are 
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solicitiDg a place, depend you will never get il; 
if you are in love, depend you will never mar- 
ry the object of your affections. 

BREWING AND BAKING. 

To dream you are occupied in any of these mat- 
ters denotes that youv servants are very idle, and 
that you are in danger of being much injured by 
them ; if you are in love, it denotes that your 
sweetheart is of an idle disposition, and that you 
will become poor by marriage with the present ob- 
ject of your alTections. 

BREAD. "^ 

To dream of bread, is in general a favorable 
omen. To dream you see a great quantity of 
loaves, donotes success in life ; if you are in love, 
it imports that your lover is of an industrious 
turn, that you wiil marry the object of your aifec- 
tions, and will be very happy, become rich, and 
have many children. To dream you are eating j 
good bread, denotes that you will be shortly mar- 
ried. To dream the bread is musty and bad, de- 
Rotes the loss of friends, and that some near re- 
lation will shortly die. 

BRIARS AND BRAMBLES. 

To dream of these things, foretells you will 
shortly be in love, and that you will be success- 
ful in your pursuits. If you dream you are pas- 
sing through places covered with these things, it 
portends troubles; if you are in love, many ob- 
stacles wiil be thrown in the way of your marri- 
age with the present object of your aifections; if 
you are in trade, many difSculties will occur; if 
you go to sea, storms and shipwreck will overtake 
you; if they prick you, secret enemies will do 
you an injury with your friends; and unfavora- 
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if Ihey draw bloofl of you, expect lieavy losses iu 
trade; if you have property at sea. it demotes 
that it wiii be buried in ihe waves, if you I:ave 
lent a sum of money, the pe fron to whom you 
have lent it will becorae insolvent and unable to 
pay you; if you are in love, you will lose your 
SAveetheart ; if you dream you pass tbrou<rh them 
without injury, or any ol these consequences, 
then you will at last triumph over ail your ene- 
njies and become ha|>py; you will ni9rr\ your 
sweetheart and have many children, who will all 
do well. 

BRIDGE. 

To dream you are cros^4n^ over a bridsje, is a 
good omen, it decotes pro&perii.y through life, 
and success in love. To dream you are passing 
under a bridge, indicates that you will never be 
perfectly at ease, that in no undertaking^ you will 
have complete success, but that many difficul- 
ties wall attend you throuc;h life; if you ave in 
love, be careful, for depend you are not the (ob- 
ject preferred by your sweetheart, aiid if ^ ou 
marry, you may be made very unh^'ppy ; if tou 
meet with any obstruction on the nr«d*ie, it fore- 
tels a fit of sickness; to the lover U df^notee that 
your su^eetheart will be aiHitted with illness. 
To dream a bridge breaksdowo with you, denotes 
sudden death. 

BROTH- 

To dream you are eating broth, is n ^ood 
omen, denotes success in busines:-; it you are so- 
licijino; a place, you will purely obtain it ; if ycu 
are nick, you wiU gpee ih recover ; if ycu sre in 
love, you will be siTcesfud in your amour; if 
you are a fainicr you will } aye gccd cropF. 



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BROTHER. 

Todreara you see jour brother, denotes a 
speedy marria«[e in your farnily, and that the 
dreamer will be I002; lived; if you are iu love, it 
is a favorable omen. 

BUILDINGS. 

To dream of being ampogst buildings denotes 
that you will change your present place of resi- 
dence, and that you will make many new friends 
in life; if you are in love, it foretds * your 
sweetheart is about to move at a diststnce from 
joo, and that you will be in daig^r of losing the 
afTections of your lover by new faces. 

BULLS. 

To dream you are pursued by a bull, denotes 
that many injurious reports wilj be spread of your 
character, and that you will be in danger of los- 
ing your friends; if you are in love, your sweet- 
heart will be in some great danger, and you will 
narrov.'ly escape some heavy misfortune. If you 
dream the bull gores you, or tosses you, then ex- 
pect shortly to lose your liberty; it denotes that 
3ome person high in power will do you an injury ; 
if you are in love, never expect to merry the ob- 
ject of vour affections ; if you are a married man, 
expect uneasiness in %our family. 

BUTCHERS. 

To dream of seeing butchers, is in general a 
Fery unlucky oruen; it always foretels some inju- 
ry to the dreamer; if you are in love, it denotes 
disappointment ; if you are in trade, some shar- 
per will defraud you ; if you are a farmer, dis- 
tempers ml} break out amongst your cattle ; if 
yon are sick, it foret* Is speedv death ; if vou 
see them cntilog up meat some of vour frie;"ds 
vAU be h'mged, and yoa will experience much 
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Batt!c'"To dream vou see a battle in the 
strfMb forewarns you against secret enemies, v\ho 
v/i\\ endeavour to harm \ou; if vou are in love, 
your sweetheart is false to you. 

Cain—' To d earn of thit first born £on of man, 
who was Adam's eldest son, is a verv untavcrcvble 
omen; it denotes much fijrief thr(>u<!;h tlie miscon- 
duct of children, and that you will be ia danger 
of losing; vour liberty , if vou are hi love? it iore- 
tels th.it vour sueethearl is deceiving vou; that if 
you marry the present one v^ u will never be 
happy; and that sour children will be uodutiful, 
and lead you iiito many troubles and difficulties. 
After such a dream, i would advise ^he dreamer 
to travel into another part of the country, and 
form new connections. 

Cag€^--To dream of letting birds out of a cage, 
dcRotes a speedv marriage: to a person in busi- 
ness, it denoti s success, and to a farmer, it de- 
notes good crops 

Cakes — To dream you are eatin^: of cakes, de- 
notes happiness and prosperity ; if vou are in love, 
your s wee heart will be kind, faithful, and will 
marry vou ; if vou are married, it denotes an in- 
crease of children. 

Candles — To dream you see candles burning 
denotes, if they barn clear and bright, that vou 
"will be speedily married ; but it also denotes 
quarrelling and trouble ; if in vour dream the 
candles go out, much misfortune will attend von, 
and in the quarrel you will be the loser , if > ou 
are in love, it denotes the death of your sweet- 
heart. To dream that neAV candles are brought 
in, denotes, that by the interference of friends, all 
your disputes will be amic^^hly adjusted, and that 
your sweetheart will recover from a fit of sick- 
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Cards^-^To dream you are playing at cards, is 
a sure prognostic that you will be in love^an(l 
speedily married. If you hold a great roany pic- 
ture cards, your marriage will be the means of 
making you rich and happy. If your cards are 
mostly ciiainonds, the person you marry will be 
of a sour and disagreeable temper; if the/ are 
mostly hearts, your raarriao;e will cement love, 
and you will be verv happv and have many child- 
len; if they are mostly clubs, you will q;et mo- 
nev by vour marriage; if they are ropstly spades, 
your marriage will turn out very unhapp-^ , and 
your children will be undutiiiil, and 5?ubject to 
many hardships; if you are in expectation of a 
place, vou w Hi get it ; and if you are in business, 
it will be successful. 

Carrots, ^.. To Iream of this valuable vegetable 
denotes prosperitv in life; if you have children, 
they will all thrive ; if you are in love, your suit 
-will be successful. If a maiden dreams of carrots, 
it denotes that she will marry her present sweet- 
heart, have many ch'^ldren, and he ver happy ...to 
a farmer it denotes abundant crops. 

Cats., ..To Iream of these domestic anim^ds, is 
indicative of much trouble an I vexation; h de- 
notes to the lover, that vour sweetheart is tre che- 
lous; if vou keep servants, they are unfaithful 
and will rob vou. To dream vou kill a * at, de- 
notes that vou will discover a thief, and prosecute 
him to convictioii ; expect also to lose your oAVti 
libertv through the insincerity of some pretended 
Iriend. 

Cattle.,..To dream you see cattle feeding, de- 
notes great prosperity and unexpected success ; to 
a lover, it foreiels a happy marriage, with many 
gliildrea, and to the man it shews that his w^fe will 



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receive some unexpected Ieo;acy. To dream you 
are driving cattle, denotes that you w ill become 
rich by industry ; if you are in love, it shew^ that 
you have many rivals but that you will distance 
them ail- To dream you see fat cattle, also de- 
notes a plentiful vear. To dream you see leaii 
and hun^rv cattle denotes scarcity and famine. 

Chains ...To dream you see chains denotes 
that enemies are endeavoring to harm you. but 
that vou will escape their contrivances; if you are 
in love, it denotes you will marrv the present ob- 
ject of y cur afTectious : for a maiden to dream of 
chains, is a certain svmptom that she will soon fall 
in love and be married. 

Chickens*.. To dream of a hen and ch'ckens. is 
the forerunner of ill luck, your sweetheart will be- 
tray you and marry another; if vou area farm.er, 
you will have a bad crop, and lose many ofvoiiL^ 
poultry; if vou are in trade some sharper will de- 
fraud vou : if you go to sea, you will lose youc 
goods and narrowly escape shipwreck. 

Children ,, To dream vou see children denotes 
success in your undertakings. If vou are in 
trade, you will increase in wealth and industry ; 
if you are in love, our sweetheart will he true to 
you. To dream vou see a child born, deortes a 
speedv marringe, ^nd that vou will be very happy 
with your family. To dream you see ^ child die, 
imoor^s that you will experienee some very heavy 
misfortune, and that vour sweetheart will mnrry 
another. To dream you see children dhty and 
rasg^d, denotes that rome friend will endeavour 
to prevail on « ou ^o commit an act, by which your 
ref)ii^^^^on will be endangered; it also denotes 
th^t you wil be in on^-on, and exper'ence poverty* 
For a maiden to dream she is with child, denotes 



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that some man will make an attempt to rob her of 
her chastity, and that if she resists, she will marry 
and be very happv. 

Church,*. .To dream of a church is portentous 
of evil. Ifvou are in a church during divine 
service, vou will be engaged in a lawsuit, or some 
quarrel, thai will go very near to ruin \ou; if 
you re in love, your sweetheart is uniaithful, and 
prefers another; if you expect a place, it forebodes 
disappointment; if you are in trade you will ne- 
ver thrive in your present situation 

Clock,,, To dream vou hear the clock strike, 
denotes that vqu will be speedily married, and 
that you will be moderately successful in life. To 
dream you are couatlng the hours, if in the tore- 
noon, shews much happiness, and that your sweet- 
heart is true to vou . but if in the afteraooiJ. that 
misfortune and danger will attend you and that 
your sweetheart is false and loves another. 

Coach* ..To dream ypu are riding in a coach is 
a very unluckv omen ; it foretcls poverty and dis- 
grace; if vou are in love, vour sweetheart will be 
idle and bad tempered ; if you are in trade, you 
will become bankrupt; and if you are a farmer 
your goods will be seized for rent ; it also de- 
notes that the dreamer will shortly be in a prison. 

Climbing. .^.To dream vou are climbing un a 
tree, denotes that vou will arrive at some honor in 
the state, and that vou w 11 be successful in life; 
if you are in love, you will marry your sweetheart, 
after a long courtship. To dream you are climb- 
ing np a verv steep hill or place^foretels many 
diffi ultie- in life, and much sickness; if you 
re^ch the top, vou will *^^t over all vour diilicul- 
tip 'dj^f] recover fs'^m voor ilhiess ; hut ifvou a- 
wake befoio ycu have attained the top, you will 



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be disappointed m love and all other projects ia 
lite, Hu i .lie ill ^our next illuess. 

Coals. ., To dream of coals is a very untnckv 
omen; it denotes much affliction and trouble; if 
^oii are in love, vouv sweetheart will prove false; 
and endeavor by every means to do you an injury ; 
if you are in trade, it forebodes loss of business; 
to the farmer it denotes scarcity f?nd want ; to the 
sailor, loss and shipwreck. To dream you see 
coals burning, if they are very clear and br]o:ht, 
is a gooil si^rn, it informs th£ lover, that vour 
sweetheart is kiiKl an 1 true, that you will marry, 
have children, and be very happy : If you are 
soliciting a place, expect speedily to get it ; to 
(he trader and farmer it denotes prosperity and 
success. To dream you see the coals extinguished 
and reduced to cinders, denotes death, either to 
yourself or some near relation or friend ; it also 
indicates great losses, and forewarns you of begga- 
ry and a prison. 

COAL PIT. 

To dream you are in a coal pit, foretels that 
yoii will shortly lead a widow to the hymeneal al- 
tar; to a maid it denotes a speedy marriage with 
her sweetheart, who will become rich and rise to 
honors in the state; to the trader, it indicates 
that he will shortly be tricked out of a quantity 
of goods. 

COMETS. 

To dream you see one of these extraordinary 
ethereal j^ubstauces, is ominous of war, plague, fa- 
mine and death ; to the lover it forebodes an entire 
frustration of his hopes ; to ihe farmer, failure of 
crops, and to the seaman, storms and shipwreck ; 
after such a dream, change, if possible your pre- 
sent place of residence. 



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CORN. 

To dream you see fiehis of corn, or that J6ii 
are among Uiithrafehed corn, i? a very favorable 
omeo, it denoie^ success in business; to the lover, 
it vnoouoceB that your sweetheart is kind, of an 
amiable disposition, that you will m^rry, have 
many children, and become rich and happy ; if 
you are a sailor^ it denotes a lucrative voyage 
and fine weather, and that you will be near mar- 
ryiog in the next port you touch at — If you are 
soliciting a place, you may be sure of obtaining 
it. and rising to honors and preferment. If you 
dream you are gathering ripe corn, it is the mdst 
fortunate dream you can have. 

CRANES,. 

To dream you see ilockb of these birds, is very 
ominous, it foretels misfor times and disputes : ex- 
pect thieves to attack your house ; your servants 
to rob you ; your friends to turn against you ; and 
yoiu- enemies to gain advantage over you; if you 
are in love, your sweetheart will betray you ; in 
short, such a dream is the forerunner of eVil and 
I would advise the dreamer to change his quarters 
as soon as possible, for depend no good will attend 
him in his present situat on 

CROCODILE. 

To dream vou see a crocodile, xs the sure prog, 
nostic of misfortune; expect some oe will attempt 
to murder you ; that thieves will attack your 
dwellioo : that your sweetheart will prove false ^ 
that your business will decay; that your grounds 
^yill yield bad crops; that your cattle will be sto- 
len or pounded ; that lawsuits will harrass and 
vex you: that storms will overtake yon. anr'< pi- 
rates rapture yatir vessels, therefore attx siuh a 
dream conduct yourself cautiously for it will re- 



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quire all your skill to prevent being totally ruiaed, 
aud coding your ilays in a prison. 

CROWNS, 

To dream you see these emblem? of royalty 
portends success and elevation to diirnities ei lier 
JO the church or state; for a mai^* to dreaai of a 
crown, shews she wiii marry a ver' industrious 
man, or one who is rich her husband vi!l be 
prosperous in life, and have many child i en by 
her, all of whom will do well except the young- 
est; if you are in trade >ou will ihrive exceed- 
ingly, marrv an indu>:triou8 woman, and becoaie 
rich. To dream of crown pieces of money, iore- 
bodes misfortunes; dii^appo'ntment in love; pri^ 
sous, and bad success in trade, 

CRUTCHES, 

To dream vou are walking on crutches, is a 
very unfavournble omen ; if you are in love your 
sweetheart is deceiving; vou, and if you marry 
"will make vou uohappv ; such a dream foretels 
you will be in prison; that sicknes? and poverty 
will attend vou, and that io nil your undertakings 
you will fail. To dream you see another walk- 
ing on cratches, denotes that these things will hap- 
pen to some frieu'l ; if you are a married man ; 
then that your wife is inconstant ; if a married 
woman, then that the husband is ruining himself 
with some harlot. 

CUCUMBERS. 

To dream of cucumhers, denotes recovery to 
the sick, that you will fall speedily in love, or that 
if you are in love, vou will marry the present ob- 
ject of your RfFection— it also denotes moderate 
success i'j tr\de-— torhe sailor thev foretel a plea* 
sant voyage, and a sweetheart in a distant cli- 
mate. 



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DAIRY. 

To ^Iream you are in a dairy busy at work, is 
■aver fRvorahie omeu— to the maid, it indicates 
llrat her Ipver ill be of an industrious turn, and 
tha- if she marries, she v/i 1 have children, and 
be ver' hippv, and that her husband wilj be- 
come rich, and rise to hoi^ors— to the sailor, it 
denoies that in his next voyage he wilt meet with 
some unexpected suceess, and if he is unmarried, 
that he will get a wife in a far distant country — 
to Ve farmer it desioies that some accident will 
happen through the medium of one of his teams, 
that his crops will be abundant, biit that he will 
lose some of his live stock either bv distemper pr 
thieves — if you are in expectancy of preferment 
of any kind, it is a very favorable dream, aixi al- 
so 'enotes success in marriage, trade, and every 
other undertaking-— to a woman with child, it 
deootes a boy. 

PANCING. 

To dream vou are dancing at a ball, wake or 
entertainment, foretels that you will shortly re- 
fjeive some jovful news from a long absent 
friend, and that you are about to inherit some 
unexpected lesacv-— it foretels success and hap- 
piness in love — that v our sweetheart is kind and 
true, and will make \ on ver> happy in marriage 
—to the sailor, it demotes a pleasant and success- 
ful vo\ asre— increase of children to married per- 
sons, aad of busircFs to those in trade. 

DARKNESS. 

To dream vou are in a verv dark place, or 
that vou '>re in the dark, is a verv unfav© al le 
omen- 4o the lf>ver it denotes the loss of our 

sweetbe 1ft to The trader loss oi' debts, business, 

and a priboa— -to the farmei'? bad crops— to th^ 



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sailor, sliipwreck and misfortune; To dreaoi 
you get out of darkness into liojht, denotes good 
to the dreamer — if vou are in prison, y<^u '111 
speedily be released-— if you are accujied of a 
crime, you will be acquitted with hoi lor^ -if you 
are in poverty, it foretels ^ou will rise to riches 
and honor — if you are in love, it denotes a hap- 
pv marriaoe, ani manv chil Iren, with rm indus- 
trious husband or w'^fe-^- expect *uso to hear some 
glad tidings from a far distant country. 

DEiTH. 

To dream vou see this grim looking bundle of 
bones denotes happiness and loo» life- — that vou 
will either be speedih^ ma»Tied yourself, or else 
assist at a wedding. To dream that you are de^d^ 
also denotes a specdv marriage and that you will 
be successful in all your undertakings-- -to those 
who are mariird it foretels young children, and 
that thev will be dutiful, and give vou great com- 
fort. To dream vou see another person dead, de- 
notes ill usage from friends- -if vou are in love, 
your sweetheart will prove false- -if v ou are ia 
trade, sharpers will take vou in— if vou are a 
farmer, • ou will lose money by horses, and be 
waylaid as you return fom market. 

DEER. 

To dream vou see deer in a park^ denotes war 
and famine — to the lover it foretels sonie verv un- 
plensant dispute with vour sweetheart — to the 
tradesman, it denotes trouble, and a prison thro* 
a quarrel with vour creditors-— to the seaman, it 
de*iotesbad success, and a stormv voyage ; expect 
after su; h a dream to qur^rrel with your^ friends, 
and be much injured by it. 

DEVIL. 

To dream of this professed emmy to the humaa 
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rare, denote? that many dRoorers will threaten yc-u^ 
all of vi'hich you will overcome— -it fovetels a 
lawsuit, io which your vidyersary will endeavour 
to secretly i:indermiae you, nevertheless you will 
get he better of him, and put him to shame; if 
you are in love, it forbodeg that some one is en- 
deavoring to alienate the affections of your sweet- 
hear% but will be unsuccessful; to the trades- 
man it denotes a great deal of business attended 
with many troubles 5 tp the poor it denotes <rood 
eraplnymen : and to the sailor, a wife with a 
great Ksum of money. 

DICE. 

To dream you are playing at dice or back^am- 
nion, denotes much good to the dreamer — expect 
to marry the present object of your affections, to 
be very happv, and to become rich ; it foretels a 
good legacy; to the farmer it denotes a very good 
crop, espf^cially of hay — if you are in trade you 
will succeed and arrive at riches and honor. 

DIRT. 

To dream of helu^ m the dirt or mire, or that 
you are in a bog, or that you are travelling near 
a very d^rty road, or that your clothes and fiesh 
are very dirty, ^s a very unfavorable omen — it 
portends sickness and misfortune; if you have a 
gcoi olore, expect to lose it; if you are in love 
cx^^ect your sweetheart to discard you ; if you 
are in trade, expect heavy lossess, and to be quite 
reduced; if you are goins: to pea, it certainly 
for^vvirns tou of shipwreck and a loss of goods; 
it also denotes, that the rent of your house or 
land will' be raised upon you. 

DITCHES, 

To dream of de^^p ^ditches, steep mountains, 
Tocks and othex eminences^ sui ely foretels dan- 



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ger and misfortune ; expect thieves to iQb youi\ 
dwellins;; that your children will be iindntiful, 
and brins: you into trouble ; if you are in love it 
foretels unhappiness if you marry your present 
sweetheart ; if you are in trade, it denotes loss of 
goods, if not of liberty. 

DOGS. 

To dream of these domestic and faithful ani* 
mals, has very different significations, accord' ng 
to the manrier m which you see them^— if they 
fawn and fondle upon you, then it is a lucky 
omen ; if you have had any quarrel with a friend 
or sAveetheart, it will be reconciled to your ad- 
vantao;c ; if you are in love, your sweetheart will 
marry you and render you very happy ; it denotes 
health, riches, and honor — if they are barking and 
snarling at you, then depend that enemies are se- 
cretly endeavouring to destroy your reputatioQ 
and happiness; if you are in love, be careful of 
your present sweetheart, if you marry him or her 
you will be unhappy and poor — if you dreana 
they bite you, then it is a certain pro«:nostic that 
you will experience some loss ; if you are in love, 
your sweetheart will deceive you, and make you 
verj unhappy. 

DOLPHINS. 

To dream you see dolphins playing in the wa- 
ter, denotes the loss of your sweetheart, and the 
death of some near relation or friend; it is an un- 
favorable dream, and signifies that your present 
pursuits will not be for your advantage ; the 
dreamer would do well to quit his present habita- 
tion. 

DROWNING. 

To dream yon are drowning, or that you see 
anotlier drowned or drowning, portends good to^ 



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the dreamer, and denotes that he will escape 
many difficulties, settle near his native place, 
marry, have children, and become happy and 
lirh; to the lover, it denotes that your sweet- 
heart is good tempered, and inclined to marry 
you; ifyouarea sailor, it foretels a favorable 
and pleasant voyage. 

DRUNKENESS. 

To dream you are drunk, is one of those 
dreams by which the dreamer is forewarned of that 
of which at present he knows nothing — it denotes, 
that some person whom yet you do not know vili 
become a very good friend, and , promote your 
welfare, that through his means you will acquire 
riches and honors — to a woman, it denotes that 
she will be beloved by a man, whom yet she has 
not seen, who will, if she marries him, make her 
very happy; and to a man, it denotes that he is 
tenderly beloved by a woman whom he does not 
at present thi k of, who will make Ihri extreme- 
ly happy, and bring him money, 

EAGLES. 

To dream you see an eagle soaring very high 
in the air, denotes prosperity, riches, and honor ; 
to the lover, it foretels success in love, and an 
happy marriage. To dream you see an eagle 
perched on the steeple of a church, or op any 
other high eminence, is a very good omen, it de- 
notes that in some arduous unde* ta,king you will 
be successful, and thereby arrive at riches and 
honor ; it also denotes that the dreamer will 
make his fortune beyond the sea ; if a woman 
with child dreams of an eagle, then it denotes 
thai the offspring then in her womb will arrive at 
some very dignified situation, will marry well 
and be very happy. 



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EARTHaUAKE. 

To fireara of an earthquake, warns you that 
your affairs are about to take a ver^ great change 
— ^ifyoLi see many houses tumbled into ruins, 
then it will be much for the better : should the 
houses appear to stand, then for the worse, it al- 
ways denotes changes in the government, in which 
the dreamer is much interested ; for the lover, it 
foretels that your sweetheart is about to take a 
journey, and that it is a great chance if you ever 
see each other again. 

EATING. 

To dream you are eating, is a very unfavora- 
ble omen, it portends disunion amon^ your fami^ 
ly ; losses in trade, nn disappointment in love, 
storms and shipwreck by sea. To dre ;m you see 
others eating, is of a contrary tendency and fore* 
tels success in all your present enterprises, that 
your sweetheart is kind and faithful, and that if you 
marry the present object of your affections, tliat 
you will grow rich, be happy, and have dutiful 
children. 

Eclipse of the Sun. 

To dream you see an eclipse of the suu, de- 
notes that you will lose some male friend, your 
father if he be alive; aud that you will experi- 
ence some uneasiness by the means of some trea- 
cherous friend ; to a woman with child, it fore- 
tels a son, who will be a great man. 

Eclipse of tlie Moon — To dream you see aa 
eclipse of the moon, denotes ' hat you Avill lose 
some fern lie friend, your mother if she be living ; 
you will experience great uneasiness on account 
of a woman; your sv/eethaart will be unfiithful; 
poverty will overtake you, aud misery end your 
days— if a woman with child dreams of it, it dc- 



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notes the fruit of her womb to be a girl, who will 
be betrayed in love, but who will afterwards raar« 
ry, have children, and be very happy. 

Eggs-^To dream you are buying of eggs, is a 
very favorable omen; whatever you are thea 
about will succeed, whether it be love, trade, or 
getting a place. To dream you are selling eggs, 
is also unlucky ; if you sell them fpr gold, your 
sweetheart will marry you and your children will 
become wealthy, and be a great comfort to your 
old age ; if you sell them for silver you will be 
happy in marriage, have many children mostly 
girls, who will marry well and be happy ; it also 
denotes success in trade and prosperity to the far- 
mer. To dream that you are eating of eg^s, de- 
notes that you will shortly beget a child, and 
that your affairs will go well. To dream jour 
€ggs are broken, denotes loss of goods, quarrels, 
and poverty ; if you are in love it forebodes a 
separation betwixt you and your sweetheart. 

Elephants^-^To dream of an elephant, is a ve-; 
ry fortunate dream : it denotes luck in the lottery, 
an acquirement of riches : if you are in love, it 
denotes a speedy marriage with your sweetheart, 
and many children, chiefly boys, who will distin- 
guish themselves by their learning, 

EvC'-^To rreamyou see this mother of all men, 
who tempted Adam with an apple, and occasion- 
ed the fall of man, is a favorable omen ; \i de- 
notes great happiness to the lover with jour pre- 
sent sweetheart; if you are in trade it shews that 
you will be successful ; if you are a farmer, it de- 
notes good crops, and a great increase of your 
live stock ; to a woman with child, it foretels a 
good labour, and that the child in her womb is a 
)5oy, who will become a great man ,• should she 



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speak to you, be sure you pay great attention to 
Tviiat she says, as it will inaterially affect your 
happiness to follow her advice. 

Eyr.S" -To drenm you lose your eyes, is a very 
Unfavorable omen ; it denotes decay of circum- 
stantes, loss of friends, death of relations, and 
miscarriao^e in love; if a woman with child 
dre 4ms of it, it denotes that the child in her womb 
will be very unhappy, and lose its liberty. 

Face — To dream that your face is swelled, 
shews that you will accumulate wealth; if you 
are iri love, it denotes that your sweetheart will 
receive a very unexpected legacy and marry you. 
To dream you are washing your face, signifies 
that you will settle some quarrel much to your 
advantage ; if you are in love, it denotes that 
your sweetheart is of a good temper and loves you : 
if you are in trade, it fortels much success. 

fall — ^To dream you fall from any very high 
place, or from a tree, denotes loss of place and 
goods : if you are in love, it surely indicates that 
you will never marry the present object of your 
affections. To the tradesman, it denotes decline 
of business; and to the sailor, storms and ship- 
wreck. 

Fair — To dream you are at a fair, is a bad 
omen— it denotes that some pretended friend is 
about to do you an injury ; if you are in trade 
keep a keen look out, for some swindler will cer- 
tainly attempt to defraud you ; if you are a far- 
mer, be careful next time you go to market, for 
some one will way-iay you, and attempt to rob 
you ; if you are in love, it denotes that some ri- 
val is attempting tr rob you of those, upon whona 
you h'^ve placed your affections. 

Feasting — To drearji) j"cu are at a feast, de- 



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notes that you i?ill meet with many disappoiiit- 
tnents, particularly ii) the thing whidi you are 
most anxious about ; in love, it forebodes much 
uneasiness between sweethearts, and to them that 
are married, it foretels undutiful children, with 
many heavy losses. 

Fields— To dream you are in green fields, is a 
very favorable omen— in love it denotes success 
and happiness; to the tradesman, success and 
riches; to the sailor, a pleasant and profitable 
voyage ; to the farmer, plenty and health ; if you 
are solicitinir any place or favor b^ sure you will 
obtain it. To dream you are in plowed fields, 
forebodes some severe disputes that will be brouo^ht 
upon you by some person who has no children ; to 
the lover, it denotes disappointment | to the mar- 
ried, unhappiness and undutiful children ; to the 
tradesman, loss of business and a prison. To 
dream you are in a meadow covered with Oower?, 
is a very favorable omen; to a man it indicates a 
very handsome wife, who will bring him lovely 
children, and make him very happy; to a wo- 
man, it denotes that she will marry an handsome 
young fellow, by whom she will have !)eautifal 
children, that she will become rich, and live to» 
a good old age; to the tradesman, it betokens 
success, good orders and riches; if you are soli- 
citing a place or favor, it portends you will sure- 
ly obtain it. 

Fi^Jiiinfa; — To dream you are fighting, denotes 
to the lover, that you will lose the object of your 
affections through a foolish quarrel ; it also fore- 
bode? much opposition to your wishes with loss of 
character and property. After such a dream, I 
would advise the dreamer to quit his present situr 
alien, because f;ucb a dream indicates that ym 



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will not prosper in it ; to tlie sailor it denotes 
storms and shipwreck, with disappointment in 
love. 

Fhigers — To dream you cut your rino;ers, if 
they bleed is a very good omen ; you will he suc- 
cessful in love, and your sweetheart will prove 
kind and true ; you will <^et money from a quarter 
that you least expect, and be successful in your 
enterprises. If you dream they do not bleed 
then it denotes damage by a variety of accidents, 
that lawsuits will attend you and that you wil be 
unsuccessful in most of your pursuits; in love you 
will not succeed with your present sweetheart, 
^vho prefers another. To dream you lose your 
fingersj denotes the loss of friends, servants, goods, 
trade and sweethearts. 

Fire — To dream of this subtle element, denoted 
health and happiness to the lover, marriage with 
the object of your affections, and many children ; 
it also denotes that you will be very angry with 
some one on a trifling occasion. To dream you 
see burning lights descending, as it were from hea- 
ven, is a very bad sign indeed ; it portends some 
dreadful accident to the dreamer, such as being 
hanged, losing your head, having your brains dash- 
ed out, breaking your legs, getting into prison, or 
other strange accidents ; to the lover, it also de- 
notes the loss of the affections of your sweetheart^ 
the tradesman, bad success in business. To dream 
that you are burnt bv fire, denotes great danfrer, 
and that enemies will injure yon; to the sailor, 
storms and shipv/reck. 

FisJiing — To dream you are fishing, is a sure 
sign of sorrow and trouble; if you calch any fish 
you will be successful in love and Imsiness ; if you 
catch rorip, you will never marry your present 



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sweetheart, nor suceed in your present uaderta- 
kings ; if they slip out of your haods after you 
have caught them, the person you marry will be 
of a roving disposition, and some pretended friend 
will deceive you. 

Fistula — To dream you have a fistula, is inr 
dicative of much good, it denotes to the lover, 
that your sweetheart is kind and true, and that if 
you marry you will be very happy; it denotes 
to the tradesman a good establishment in business, 
and lo the sailor, a pleasant and profitable voyage. 

FLEAS. 

To dream you are tormented with these little 
insects, is of an unfavorable kind ; evil and mali- 
cious enemies will do you much injury ; your 
sweetheart will prove false, your trade will decay, 
and poverty overtake you. 

FLIES. 

To dream of a swarm of f/ies, denotes that you 
will have many enemies, and be much harrassed 
m your circumstances, it also denotes that }our 
B\\eetheavt is not sincere, and cares but little a- 
bou( you. To dream you kill them, is a very 
good omen, it denotes success in love and in trade, 
and that you will overcome many bitter enemies. 

FLOODS. 

To dream of a flood, shews that you Avill meet 
with ^reat opposition from rich neighbors, and that 
a rich rival will attempt to alienate the aiFectioDS 
of \ our mistress ; to the tradesman it denotes law- 
suits, loss of business, and a prison; to the sailor, 
it denotes much success by sea, but danger oa 
shore; to the farmer it indicates loss of cattle, 
and a dispute with his landlord. To dream you 
are drowned in a ihod. denotes tliat you will quit 
your native lantl, and after n:'. any hardships and 



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perils return to it rich and happy, that you will 
marry a pretty woman and have fine children. 

FLYING. 

To dream you are flying, h a very excellent 
omen — it toretels elevation of fortune ; that you 
will arrive at digaity in the state, and be happy. 
If you are in love, your sweetheart will be true 
to you, and if you marry, you will have many 
children, who will all do well and be very happy 5 
it indicates dnt you will take a lon^ journey, 
which will turn out advantageous to you. 

FLOWERS. 

To dream you are gathering flowers, is a very 
favorable omen ; expect to thrive in every -hing 
you undertake, and that yo will be ^uccessfui in 
love, marry happily and have beautiful children; 
should they wither under your hands then expect 
heavy losses in trade ; that your sweetheart will 
die; or if you are married that you w'dl lose 
your husband or wife, and also your fav orite child, 

FORTUNES. 

To dream you mvike a sudden fortune, is a very 
bad omen ; to the tradesman, it forebodes losses in 
trade, quarrelling with his creditors, and the loss 
of liberty ; to the lover it denotes that your sweet- 
heart does not return your love ; to the sailor, it 
indicates storms and shipwrecks. If you are solici- 
ting a place, you will not be successful. To dream 
you are adopting the means of acquiring a fortune, 
is favorable, it portends a good legacy and sue- 
cess in love. 

FOUNTAIN. 

To dream you are at a fountain, is a very fa- 
vourable omen ; if the waters are clear, it de- 
notes riches and honours : and in love, it fore- 
tels great happiness in the marriage state, and that 



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your sweetheart is of an ar»iable disposition, and 
true to you; but if the waters appear nipddy, 
then it denotes vexation and trouble ; disappoint- 
ment in business, iiiconstancy in your sweetheart, 
and misery in the marriage state. 

FOX. 

To dream of this crafty animal, is the forerun- 
ner of much diiliculty ; if }ou are in love, y^our 
sweetheart will turn out of a sour, disa^^reeablcj 
ill-natured disposition; your children will be un- 
dutifui, and involve you in many difficulties ; if 
you are in trade, sharpers will endeavour to de- 
fraud you, and over reach you in bargains ; if 
you are a farmer, the next time you go to mar- 
ket you will be in danger of having your pocket 
picked ; if you are a sailor, you will be in danger 
of being trapanned in some distant country. 

FOOLISH. 

To dream you are a fool is a very favourable 
omen, and imports m u:h good to the dreamer ; 
expect to be successful in all your present under- 
takings, whetber it be in trade, love, or other- 
wise ; if a maiden dreams she is foolish, it is a cer- 
tain sign that she will soon be married to the 
youth of her affections^ and have children, and 
be very happy — if a married woman dreams she 
is foolish, it denotes that she will shortly have a 
sen, who will rise to dignity in the state, be a 
great friend to th^ poor, and become very rich. 

FRIEND. 

To dream you see a friend dead, betokens 
hasty news of a joyous nature; if you are in 
love, it foretfels a hasty marriage with the object 
pf y our atfections. 

FROGS. 

To dream of frogs, is a very favourable omen ; 



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to the farmer, it foretels o'ood crops, and an in- 
crease of his live stock ; to the tradesman, it de- 
notes success in business; to the lover, a faithful 
sweetheart ; to the married an increase of chil- 
dren, who will be very happy ; to the sailor 
pleasant and prosperous voyages, with a wife in 
a distant country. 

Fruit — To dream of fruit has a different inter- 
pretation accordino; to what the fruit is that you 
dream of. For the sake ot enablino: our readers 
more readily to discover the meani:ig of theit 
dreams, we have arrano:ed the different fruits al- 
phabetically with their explanations. 

^//non^5— foretel difficulties, loss of liberty and 
deceit in love ; bad weather to the sailor, and 
want of success to the tradesman. 

Apricots — denotes health and prosperity, a 
speedy marriage, duiiful children, and success in 
love. 

Apples — betokens long life and success, a boy 
to a woman with child, faithfulness in your sweet- 
heart, and riches by trade. 

Cherries — indicate disappointment in life, vex- 
ation in the marriage state, and slight in love. 

Currants — prefigure happiness in life, success 
in undertakings, constancy in your sweetheart, 
handsome children to the married, and riches to 
the farmer and tradesman. 

Elderberries — augur content and riches; to a 
maiden, they bespeak a speedy marriage ; to a 
married w^oman, that she will shortly be with 
child ; to the tradesman, success in business ; to 
the farmer good crops. 

Figs — are the forerunner of prosperity and hap- 
piness ; to the lover; they denote the accomplish- 
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Kieot of your wishes ; to the tradesman, increase 
of trade ; they are also indicative of a legacy. 

Filberts — forebode much trouble and anger 
from friends ; to the tradesman they denote a pri- 
son, and decay of trade; to the lover, a complete 
disappointment; to the married, care and unduti- 
ful children. 

Gooseberries — indicate man}^ children, cliieOy 
soDSj and an accompliBhment of your present pur- 
suits ; to the sailor they «ieclare dangers in his 
pext voyage ; to the maTden, a roving husband ; 
and to the man a rakish v/ife. 

Grapes-^hveXei to the maiden, that her hus- 
band will be a cheerful companion, and a great 
songster : they denote much happiness m mar-^ 
riage, and success in trade ; if you are in love, 
thev HugJir a speedy union between you and your 
3weetheirt. 

imow.s— denote contentions in your family and 
uneasiness on account of children; they announce 
the death of some relation, disappointment io 
love. 

Medlers—^m^e a very good omen, they bespeak 
riches to the dreamer ; that you will overcome 
your enemies, andif you have a lawsuit, you will 
surely gain it ; to the lover, they foretel a good 
husband or wife, with beautiful children, and 
much happiness. 

iM<?Zow.9.... announce speedy recovery to those 
who are sick; they are indicative of harmony, 
and inform you, that you will speedily accommo- 
date '^11 disp!?te between you and othei's; iu love 
they innr^uncp constancy, and in marriage a part- 
ner of an happy temper, with handsome children. 

Mulberries ...are of good import ; to the maiden 
they foretel a speedy and happy marriage; or 



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the lover, constancy and affection in Ins mis- 
tress: ihey also denote wealth, honours, and 
many children : they are particularly favourable 
to sailors and farmers. 

N^uts if you see clusters of them, denote 

riches and happiness ; to the lover, success and a 
good tempered sweetheart; if you are ^rathering 
of thcni, it is not a ^ood omen, for you will pursue 
some matter that will .not turn out to your advan- 
tage : if you crack them, the person v^ho courts 
you, or to whom you pay your addresses, will 
treat you with indilference, and be very unfaith'^ 
fuL 

Mctarines are ominous of strife between 

friends: of riches to the farmer and tradesman s 
pf infidelity in lovers ; of children to the married : 
pf bad weather to the sailor : and to the poor 
they announce plenty and an increase of wages. 

Olives denote happiness, and that you will 

be successful in all your present undertakings : 
to the lover they foretel a speedy marriage with 
the object of your affections. If you are gather- 
ing them off the trees, they then announce much 
trouble and vexation through friends and chil- 
dren : to the lover, they shew your sweetheart is 
unfaithful. 

Orang€s...,^Te very bad omens : they forebode 
loss of goods and reputation : attacks from thieves, 
'wounds, and iickiiness in the object of your af- 
fections. 

Peaches. .*,?ire very favourable to the dreamer; 
if you are in love, they foretel ^hat your love is 
returned, that you will marry, have many fine 
children, and be very happy ; they denote riches 
to the tradesman, and success by sea : also indi- 
cates speedy ne>vs from a far distant country. 



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P^flr;?.... prefigure elevation in life, accumula- 
tion of riches and honours: success in under- 
takings, and constancy in lore. If a woman with 
child dreams of them, she will have a girl, who 
will marry one far above her rank before s))e is 
seventeen : to the maiden, they denote that she 
will shortly marry a man who will carry her into 
a distant country, w^here he will make a great 
fortune, and return with her to his native land. 

Flu7nbs....2iUgm hut little good to the dreamer, 
they are the forerunners of ill luck, and shew loss 
of goods and reputation: they are indicative of 
infidelity in lovers, and much vexation in the 
married state. 

P{??w^^m/iato....foretel some very unexpected 
legacy, by which you will be enabled to make a 
forturie ; they denote that your sweetheart is of a 
good temper, sings well, and is very faithful : to 
the married, they shew an increase of riches and 
children, and great success in trade. 

Quinces. .,,2iXe favourable to the dreamer ; if 
you are in a prison, you will be shortly liberated: 
if you are in trouble, a change will take place 
that will relieve you from it: if you are sick, 
you will recover soon : if you are in love, you 
will marry, and become rich and happy. 

Raspberries.... iorewdiYU you of success in your 
undertakings : of happiness in marriage : of fide- 
lity in your sweetheart, and some news from be- 
yond the sea to your advantage. 

Strawberries.. .,c]enoie to vn omen with child, a 
good time, and a boy : to a maiden, speedy mar- 
riage with a man Avho will become rich, and 
make her happy : to a youth they denote that 
his wife will be sweet tempered, and bring him 
many cbiidreri, all boys : they foretel riches to 



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the tradesniau, and to the sailor : they are a very 
fortunate dream to the farmer. 

Tamarinds*,.. shew much vexation and uneasi- 
aess through a Avoman : bad success in trade : a 
rainy season, and news from beyond sea that is 
disagreeable : in love they denote disappointment. 

Walnuts.. ..poriend dilFiculties and misfortunes 
in life: if you have children, your eldest son will 
marry a woman who Aviil make him very unhappy : 
in love, they foretel infidelity and disappoint- 
ment ; to the seaman storms and shipwreck : to 
the trrdesman, loss of goods and reputation thro* 
a confidential servant. 

Observe, if you dream of any of these fruits 
whea out of season, or that you are gathering 
them when green, it denotes sickness- -if you 
dream they are rotten, it foretels poverty. To 
dream of gathering ripe fruit, when there is plen- 
ty, betokens happiness and riches, and the speedy 
receipt of money : if you g-^ther fruit from an old 
-withered tree, it is a sign that you will unexpect- 
cdly inherit the eflects of some ag;ed person. To 
dream you have made yourself sick with eating 
of fruit, denotes to a woman with child a trouble- 
some and difficult labour ; to the tradesman, loss 
of goods by sharpers, and that without great care 
you will get into prison : to the lover, it shews that 
your sweetheart will be of a jealous disposition, 
and that if you marry, you will be made very 
miserable through undutiful children* 

FUNERAL. 

To dream of a burying, denotes speedy mar- 
riage, and that you will hear of the death or im- 
prisonment of some near relation or esteemed 
friend : they also foretel the acquisition of wealth, 
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relation by your mother's sick: if you see any 
particular person attending the funeral, either 
that person, or some friend of his, will die, and 
leave you something : if there is an hearse with 
feathers on it, you will marry some rich person 
yourself, or assist at some relation's wedding, 
who will marry well, and be a friend to you. 

GALLOWS. 

To dream of the gallows, is a most fortunate 
omen; it shews that the dreamer will become 
rich and arrive at great honours: to the Jover it 
shews the consummation of his most sanguine 
wishes, and that by marriage yoii will become 
rich and happy, have many children, particular- 
ly a son, who will become a great man, and be 
the foundei^ of his family's honour : for a woman 
mill child to dream of a gallows, signifies that 
she is pregnant of a son^will have a good time, 
and that the then fruit of her womb will become 
very rich, and have a great employment in the 
state. 

GARDEN. 

To dream you are walking in a garden, is of a 
very favourable nature ; it portends elevation in 
foi'tune and dignity, to the lover it denotes great 
Access, and an advantageous marriage, to the 
tradesman, it promises increase of business : to 
the farmer plentiful crops : and to the sailor, 
pleasant and prosperous voyages. 

^, GEESE. 

To dream of geese is the forerunner of good | 
expect soon to see a long absent friend, they de- 
note success and riches to the dreamer in the fur* 
therence of his pursuits, in love they augur spee» 
dy marriage and fidelity in your sweetheart. 

GIANTS. 

To dream of seeing giants, is ominous of good^ 



if you are m trade, you will have great iocvease 
ID your business from foreign parts, if you are a 
farmer, your crops will prove abundant, your live 
stock increase, and an opportunity offer of pur- 
chasing the ground you till — if you are in love, 
your sweetheart is thereby denoted to be of a good 
temper, faithful and sincere to you, and that if 
you maiTy, you will become happy, it also denotes, 
that you will receive a considerable present from 
some friend » 

GIFTS. 

To dream you have any thing given you, is a 
sign that some good is about to happen to you — 
it also denotes, that a speedy mamage will take 
place betwixt you and your sweetheart. To 
dream you have given any thing away, is the 
forerunner of adversity ; and in love, denotes sick- 
ness and inconstancy in your sweetheart or part- 
ner. 

GLASS. 

To dream of glass, marks inconstancy in your 
sweetheart, and is ominous of bad success in your 
undertakings in life. To dream you break glass, 
shews that your sweetheart w ill forsake you, and 
that you will unexpectedly meet with misfortunes 
and troubles. To dream you receive a glass full 
of water, is indicative of a speedy marriage, and 
that you will have many children, who wdl do 
well: if the glass appears broken, the death of 
your sweetheart, or if married, of ycur epouse is 
predicted : for a woman with child, or a married 
man whilst his Avife is with child, to dream of 
breaking a glass of wine or water, denotes that 
the child in the womb will be preserved after 
much danger, and perhaps the deatli of the mo- 
ther: if either of them dream t!:at they spill the 



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wine or water, it is indicative that the mother 
will live, but the child die. 
globe- 
To dream you are looking at a globe foretels 
much good, and that you will be a great travel- 
ler, to the lover it shews that you v/iil not marry 
your present sweetheart, but that yoa will take a 
journey to a distant place, when you will fall in- 
love and will marry, become rich and live happy. 
GoZ^— To dream of gold is a very good omen, 
it denotes success in your present undertakings, 
after experiencing some little difficulties; if you 
receive gold in bars, you will inherit an estate in 
a far distant country, and have some trouble in 
getting possession of it ; if you receive guineas or 
any other gold coin, your aiTairs will prosper; 
your sweetheart will be true and marry you, you 
will have many children and be very happy; if 
you pay gold, it betokens an increase of friends 
and business ; if you let gold fall, it denotes an at- 
tack from thieves; if you are io trade, some 
swindler will attempt to defraud you ; if you pick 
up gold, it denotes that some quarrel will be set- 
tled to your advantage; if you are in prison, it 
sliews you will speedily be enlarged ; it also de- 
notes the death of a husband or vrife, if you are 
married, if siogle, of your sweetheart. 

Grave.,., To dream you see a grave, foretels 
sickness and disappointment ; if you are in love, 
depend you will never marry your present sweet- 
heart; if ycu go into the grave, it siiews you will 
experience a loss of property, and that fake friends' 
Will defame you: if you come out of the grave, 
denotes success in your undertnkings, that you 
v»iil rise in the world, become rich, and if you are 
in love, that you. Y>ill sr^eedi It ir.vrrv vour sweet- 



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heart ; if you take another out df the grave, you 
will be the means of saving the life of a person, 
who will be a very great friend to you, and re- 
ceive some unexpected legacy. 

Guns — To dream you see people firing off 
guns or cannon, augurs that the dreamer will ex- 
perience much adversity, be shut up in a prison, 
and be very unsuccessful in your undertakings ; 
in love it shews that your svi^eetheart will become 
J^our enemy. To dream that they are firing at 
you, shews that you will be exposed to many per- 
ilous dangers, such as shipwreck, assassination^ 
or loss of liberty ; if you are firing them yourself 
it foretels that you will be involved in a lawsuit, 
that will prove very prejudicial to you. 

Hail — To dream you are in a hail storm, pre- 
sages great sorrows in life, through the divulging 
of some important secrets : if you are in love, it 
forewarns you against marrying your present 
sweetheart, who will prove of a very bad temper, 
be much inclined to scolding, and make you mis- 
erable. 

Hair — To dream you are combing your hair, 
is a very good ©men; it portends success in love, 
business or any other pursuit, also riches. To 
dream your hair has grown long, and hangs loose 
over your shoulders, denotes that you will be be- 
loved by one in a superior condition of life to 
yourself. To dream it is cut short or that it has 
fallen off, shews that you will lose a relation or 
friend by death. To dream you burn your hair, 
shews that your sweetheart is unfaithful and de- 
ceives you. 

Hanged — To dream of seeing people hanged, ci- 
that you are going to be hanged yourself, denotes 



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that you rise above your present conditiou by 
marriage. 

Hen and chickens — To dream of a hen and 
cliickenSjis a very unfavorable omen ; it portends 
loss of property, of friends and reputation ; in love 
it denotes misery and diiiappointment. After such 
a dream, 1 would advise the dreamer to change his 
residence. To dream you hear a hen cackling, 
foretels success in love and an accumulation of 
riches by means of female relations. 

HiUs*^To dream you are travelling over steep 
lillls, shews that you will encounter many dlfiicul- 
ties, and enter upon some arduous undertaking — 
if you descend the hill easily, you will get the bet- 
ter of all your difficulties and enemies, and be- 
pme rich; to the lover, it shews rivals, who will 
give great uneasiness. 

Horses — To dream of these useful animals k 
symtomatic of good ; if you are mounted on a firiG 
poney horse, you will marry a rich person, wIjo 
ivill do well and make you happy; it also shews 
that you will change your situation in life. If you 
fail from your horse, difliculties will occur, and 
some unexpected disaster befal ycu. 

Hoitse^-^To dream of building a house, is a very 
favorable omen; if you are in trade, it denotes 
success; if in love, that your sweetheart is good 
tempered and faithful, and will make you very 
happy. To dream your house is burnt down 
denotes much trouble and many difficulties, with 
loss of goods and reputation. To dream you see 
your house on fire, foretels hasty news, and that, 
you will lose a near relation. 

Hunger — To dream yoti are very hungry, is a 
very favorable omen; it shews that by yoiir ge- 
Dius and industrv, you will rise in the world to 



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wealth and honors; it denotes to the lover tha 
your sweetheart will undertake a journey before 
you marry. 

Hunting — To dream you are hunthig a fox, 
and that he is killed, sheMs much trouble thro' 
the pretensions of false friends, but that you will 
discover them, and overcome all their machina- 
tions; if you are hunting a hare, it is indicative 
of bad success ; you will he disappointed in your 
favorite object be it what it may ; hunting a stag, 
if he is caught alive, denotes good to the dreamer, 
and that he will be successful in all his present un- 
dertakings. ^ 

Husbandry — To dream of the implements of 
husbandry, has a variety of interpretations. To 
dream of a plough, denotes success in life and a 
good marriiige. To dream of a yoke is unfavor- 
able unless it be broken, then it denotes a rising 
above your presecit condition. To dream of a 
scythe, shews injury from enemies, and disap- 
pointment in love. To dream of a team, denotes 
death in the family of the dreamer; a sweetheart 
of a very bad temper, and want of success in un- 
dertakings. 

Ice — To dream of ice, is a very favorable omen ; 
to the lover, it shews your sweetheart is of an am- 
iable temper, and faithful^ to the tradesman, it 
denotes success and riches; to the farmer, a plen- 
tiful harvest. To dream you are sliding or ska- 
ting on the ice, denotes that you will pursue some 
unprofitable concern, and be much worsted by 
your engagements ; in love, it shews that your 
sweetheart is fickle and deceiving, and that you 
will never marry your present one. 

Inn — To dream of being in an inn, is a very 
unfavorable dream ; it denotes poverty and want 



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of success in undertakings ; expect soon to be 
yourself, or some of your family committed to pri- 
son ; if you are sick, it denotes you will never re- 
cover ; to the tradesman it shews loss of trade and 
bad servants. 

Keys — To dream of keys, is favorable to a per- 
son in trade, and to a sailor ; they denote some 
gift, and that the dreamer will become rich. To 
dream you lose a key, foreshows anger, and that 
you will lose a friend. To dream of finding a 
key, denotes an addition to your estate ; if you 
are married, it also foretels the birth of a child, if 
you give another a key, you will be speedily mar- 
ried ; in love, keys betoken faithfulness, and a good 
tempered sweetheart. 

jBLmiwg*— To dream you are kissing a pretty 
maid is indicative of good, it denotes that some un- 
expected friend will do you a great kindness; in 
love it shews that yoiir sweetheart places her af- 
fections on you and you alone, and that if you mar- 
ry you will be happy ; in the tradesman, it denotes 
riches and augmentation of business through the 
means of women. For a woman to dream she is 
kissed by a man and that she is enjoyed after re- 
sistance, shews she will be speedily married to the 
man who couns l«er and that she will be very hap- 
py, if the enjoyment is complete ; if not, and she is 
interrupted, it shews that her husband will be cross 
and ill humored. To dream of kissing a married 
woman, and that she consents to it, is indicative of 
much sorrow and poverty, and that you will fail of 
success in all your present undertakings. 

Knives — To dream of knives, is a very unpro- 
pitious omen ; it betokens lawsuits, poverty, dis- 
grace, strife, and a general failure in the pursuit of 
your projects 5 in love, it shews tlmt your sweet- 



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heart is of a bad temper, and unfai ill fill, and that if 
you marry, you vill live in enmity and misery. 

Labour — To dream you are hard at work, 
shews tliat you will go on a long, paiufid, and un- 
profitable journey; if you sweat, it denotes that 
you will fall sick on the road. To dream that a 
-woman is in labor and that she is delivered of a 
dead child, is a very unfavorable omen ; it denotes 
that you will undertake some business which you 
will never bring to a happy conclusion, but by 
which you will be a considerable loser ; if she has 
a good time, and is delivered of a living child, 
theo it is favorable ; you will be successful in your 
undertaking; acquire riches, marry the person you 
love, have children and be very happy. 

Ladder — To dream you climb a ladder, is a ve- 
ry good prognostic; it denotes that you will better 
your situation in life, and arrive at honors in the 
state ; in love, it denotes a happy marriage with 
the object of your affections, and that you will be- 
come by industry rich, and settle your childrea 
happily. 

J^aping-^To dream you are leaping over walls, 
bars or gates, is a sign that you will encounter ma- 
ny difficulties in your present pursuits, and that 
your sweetheart will not marry you ; if you are 
leaping over ditches, drains, or hedges, it is a fa- 
vorable omen, you Avill be successful in love, trade 
or other concerns; it also denotes that you will ou- 
ter into partnership with more than one person, 
by which you will accumulate riches and become 
very respectable. 

Letter — To dream of receiving letters is de- 
monstrative of your being beloved by a person of 
the opposite sex, who is very much your friend, 
and win do all iu their powxr to raakeycu happy, 
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To dream of writing letters, shews success in en- 
terprises, and that you will receive some very 
pleasant news. 

Lice — To dream that you are lousy, and that 
you are killing a great many of them, is a very 
good omen ; it denotes great riches to the dream- 
er^ after many severe misfortunes and much sick- 
ness ; they also portend deliverance from enemies, 
and that you will overcome much slander and 
jnalice; that in love you will succeed and be ve- 
ry happy, after a long and tedious courtship. 

Light — To dream you see a great light, is a 
happy presage, it denotes that you will attain to 
great honors, and becpme very rich : in love, 
shews a sweetheart of an amiable disposition, that 
you will marry well, h^ve children, and be very 
happy; if the light disappears all in a sudden, it 
betokens a great change in your present situation, 
much for the worse: it portends imprisonment 
and great loss of goods, Avith unexpected misfor- 
tunes. 

Lion — To dream of seeing this king of beasts 
denotes that you will appear before your betters 
and that you will be promoted to some lucrative 
ofHce, accumulate riches, and marry a woman of 
great spirit ; it augurs success in trade, and pros- 
perity from a voyage by sea. 

Linen — To dream you are dressed in clean lin- 
en, denotes that you will shortly receive some 
glad tiduigSj that your sweetheart is faithful and 
will marry you ; that you will be successful in 
your present undertakings, and that you will re- 
ceive a handsome present from an agreeable 
youth. If your linen is checquered, you will get 
a legacy from some friend, aud marry a very in- 
iUistrioi!?person,ifitis dirty, then it denotes pov- 



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erty, a pnson, and disappointment in love, with 
the loss of soraethino: valuable. 

Mad — To dream you are mad, or that you are 
in company with mad people, is very ^rood to the 
dreamer: it promises lo us; life, riches, hap^)y mar- 
riage, success in trade and good children : if you 
are a farmer, some accident will happen to part of 
your live stock, but you will have lilentiful crops : 
if you have a lawsuit, it will be determined great- 
ly in your favor. 

Marriage — To dream you are married is omi- 
Dous of death, and very unfavorable to the dream- 
er ; it denotes poverty, a prion, and misfortunes. 
To dream you assist at a wedding, is the forerun- 
ner of some pleasing news and great success. To 
dream of lying with your newly married husband 
or wife, threatens danger and sudden misfortunes, 
and also that you will lose a part of your proper- 
ty ; to the sailor, it denotes storms and shipwreck, 
with a narrow escape from death. 

Meat — To dream you are buying raw meat, 
signifies that friends will step forward and be of 
great assistance to you ; that you will overcome 
difficulties, and acquire riches. To dream you are 
buying dressed meat, denotes that you will receive 
a legacy, but have some misfortune by travelling. 
To dream you only see raw meat, denotes that 
you will have a great quarrel ; for a maid to 
dream of raw meat, denotes, if she gets it, a speedy 
marriage, if not, th^t she will be disappointed. 

MiUc — To dream you are selling milk, denotes 
that you will be crossed in love, and that you will 
be unsuccessful in trade. To dream you are drink- 
ing of milk, is the forerunner of joyful news and 
great success; if you are jriviug milk away, it 
shews that you will be sudllssful in lovo. and mar- 



ry happily, have many children and do very well; 
to see milk flowing from the breast of a woman, 
denotes success in trade ; and in love, that you 
will have many children, and that they will be- 
come rich thronoh the industry of their parents. 

3Iice,,.. To dream of mice denotes prosperity 
aud accumulation of riches ; success in love, and 
happy marriage. For a married woman to cJream 
of mice, is a token that she will be with child 
shortly, and that the fruit of her womb will be^ 
come very rich and powerful: to the farmer, they 
denote plentiful crops, and an increase of live stock. 

Mire, ...To dream you stick fast in the mire is 
a very unfavorable omen : it presages a prison, 
and many difficulties and misfortunes : it shews 
that you will marry a person who will reduce you 
to great poverty, and that you will be charged 
with an heinous offence, and suffer much great ca- 
lamity. 

Money- — To dream of receiving money is a 
very good omen, it denotes success in your under- 
takings ; in love it foretels a speedy marriage 
and many children. If you dream you lose mo- 
ney, it is a proof you w ill be deceived in love, and 
be unsuccessful in some favorite pursuit. To 
dream you are paying money foretels the birth of 
a son, destined to cut a great figure in life; if you 
have a lawsuit, you will gain it ; if you are in 
love, you will be successful : if in trade, you will 
become rich ; if you are soliciting a place, you 
will obtain it, and it will lead to one more lucrative. 

Monkeys To dream of these mischievous 

creatures is ominous of evil ; they announce de- 
ceit in love, unfaithfulness in the marriage state, 
undutiful children, malicious enemies, and an at- 
tack by thieves, 



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3foon — To dream of the moon is a very favor- 
able omen, it denotes suiiden aud unexpected joy^ 
great success in love, and that the dcaraer is ten- 
derly beloved. To dream of seeing the new 
moon, is good for tradesman, farmers, and lovers: 
it is the forerunner of success and happiness. 

Mother ,. To dream you see your mother, is a cer- 
tain prognostic of some ao:reea le adventure being 
about to happen to you, and that you will hear 
from a friend at a distance. To dream you see 
your mother dead* forebodes trouble and adversi- 
ty, and that you will become very poor. 

Mountains., ..To dream you see steep and crao-- 
gy mountains, presages flifhcul'ies in accomplish- 
ing your designs : if you ascend them and gain the 
top you will be successful in "whatever you under- 
take, become very rich, and arrive at great hon- 
ors in the state : to a maid, they denote that she 
will marry a man who Avill become great and pow- 
erful aud that her chiidrca will be people of con- 
sequence. 

Miisic... .To dream you hear delicious music is 
a very favorable omen ; it denotes joyful news 
from a long absent friend ; to married people it 
denotes sweet tempered children ; in love, it 
shews that your sweetheart is very fond of you, 
is good tempered, sincere and constant. Rcu^h 
and discordant music foretels trouble, vexation 
and disappointment. 

Myrile-tree — To dream you see a very fine 
myrtle-tree, is a sign you will soon he in love; 
that you will have many amours, and be success- 
ful; it denotes constancy in your sweetheart; to 
a maid, it bespeaks marriage, and great happiness 
in that state. 

Nails-^To dream your^cails are grown very 



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long, is very good, and denotes riches, prosperity 
and happiness; great success io love; a good in- 
dustrious husband or wife, with dutiful chiidrea | 
it also foretels that you will suddenly receive a 
sum of money that Avill be of great use to you. 

Nakedness — To dream you see a naked womaa 
is very lucky, it foretels tliat some unexpected 
honors await you ; that you will become very rich, 
and be successful in most of your undertakings: 
To dream you see a naked man is indicative of 
troubl^^ and attack by thieves, loss of goods ^nd 
reputation. For a maid to dream she sees a naked 
man, shews tliat she will quickly fall in love and 
be married, and that. she will have many male 
children, who will be great cowards. 

Nightingale — To dream of this pretty warbler, 
is the forerunner of joyful news; great success iu 
business ; of pientiful crops, and of a sweet temper- 
ed lover. For a married wowau to dream of a 
nightingale, shews that she will have childreit, 
who will be great singers. 

Old man — For a woman to dream she is courted 
by an old man, is a sure prognostic that she will 
receive a sum of moaey, and be successful in her 
undertakin«:s. For a maid to dream of it, shews 
that she will many a rich young fellow, v.'iil have 
many children by him, who will all become rich. 

Old woman — ^For a man to dream he is courting 
an old woman, and that she returns his love, is a 
very fortunate omen, it prefigures success in 
worldly concerns; that he will marry a beautiful 
young woman, have lovely children, and be very 
happy. 

Office — To dream you are turned out of your 
office foreshews death and loss of property; to a 
lover it indicates v/ant of affection in your sweet- 



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heart, and misery if you marry the present object 
of your alTectioiis — to a sailor it announces bad 
\reathcr and shipwreck. 

Onions — To dream of this vegetable, denotes a 
inixture of good and bad luck ; if you are eating 
them, you will receive some money, or recover 
some lost or stolen tbings, or discover some hidden 
treasure; your sweetheart will be faithful, but of 
a cross temper; it also denotes attack frcm 
thieves, and a failure of crops; it shews that you 
"Will be engaged in some disagreeable quarrels, per- 
haps with your own family; if you are throwing 
onions away, it is the forerunner of mischief and 
quarrels; if you are in love, you will {"all out with 
your sweetheart; if you are in trade, you will 
quarrel with your customers and servants ; if you 
are gathering onions, it betokens the recovery of 
fjome sick person of your family ; the receipt of 
some unexpected news of a joyful kind, and a re- 
moval from your present situation. 

Orchard — To dream you are in an orchard, de- 
notes that you will become richby the inheritance 
of a good legacy; that you will marry much to 
your advantage. For a mariied person to dream 
of being in an orchard, shews an increase of chil- 
dren, and that they will become rich and live hap- 
py : it also denotes that you will have a son, ^vho 
will rise to <rreat preferment in the state, and be a 
•]^reat friend to the poor; in love, it denotes alTec- 
tion and constancy in your sweetheart, and that 
you will travel before you marry. 

Oven — To dreara you see an oven, foretels that 
you are about to be separated from your family by 
changing your present residence : it shews you au 
r/i^ack by thieves in seme byplacCj and also that 



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your sweetheart is of a roving and fickle disposi- 
tion, little likely to make you happy. 

Owl — To dream of this bird of night is a very 
bad omen, it foreteis sickness, poverty, imprison- 
ment, and want of success in your undertakings ; 
it also forewarns you that some male friend will 
turn out perfidious, and endeavour to do you a 
very great injury, in which without the utmost 
caution on your part^ he will succeed. 

Oyslers — To dream you are eating oysters is a 
very favourable omen ; if you are in trade, your 
business will increase very fast, and you will he- 
come rich; if you are a farmer, you will have plea* 
tiful crops; if you are married, your wife or hus- 
band will be very fond of you, and you will have 
many line children. For a maid to dream of eat- 
ing oysters, shews that she will quickly be marri- 
ed to a young man who will thrive much by his 
industry, and have many children by her ; to a 
man, it denotes that he will marry a real virgin^ 
who will be very fond of him, and bring him ma- 
ny ch'Idren. If you dream that the fish falls olF 
the shell, it denotes disappointment in your ex- 
pectations, and that you will lose the affections of 
the person you confide in 5 it also denotes much 
trouble to your children, one of whom will lose 
his liberty. 

Palm-^To dream you are gathering of palm^ 
denotes plenty, riches, and success in undertake- 
Ings, and is a very good omen indeed ; to a mar- 
ried woman it is a certain token of her bearing 
children; to a maid, it foretels a sudden marriage 
with the youth she loves; that she wii] have chil- 
dren by him, and that she will live very happy 
in the marriag€ state. 
P^fcr-^To dream of paper is a good omen; if 



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it is quite clean, you will be very successful ia 
your undertakings ; marry the person you love y 
have good and dutiful children, and be very hap- 
py; iifit is dirty or scribled upon, then it shews 
temporary want, and some unpleasant altercations ; 
if it is fairly written, you will receive hasty news 
of a good nature, make an advantageous bargain, 
and obtain some money by a legacy ; if it appears 
rumpled and careless folded up, it shews, that 
some difficulties will occur which will give you 
much pain ; if it is neatly folded, you will obtain 
your favorite wish, be what it may. 

Paths — To dream you are walking in a broad 
good pathway, denotes health and success in under- 
takings : in love, it shews you will meet with a 
sweetheart, who will make you very happy : if you 
are married, you will obtain your favorite wish. 
To dream the pathway is crooked, rugged and 
uneven, is the forerunner of mischief, poverty, and 
trouble : it is a sign that your bosom friend will 
betray you; if you are married, it marks infideli- 
ty in your partner, and shews want of success in 
undertakings, decrease of business, failure of 
crops, storms, and shipwreck. 

Peacock — To dream of seeing this beautiful 
bird is a very good omen, it denotes great snccess 
in trade : to a man a very beautiful wife, much 
riches and a good place : to a maid, a good and 
rich husband : to a widow, that she will be court- 
ed by one who will tell her many fine tales, with- 
out bein^ sincere; it also denotes great prosperity 
by sea, and an handsome wife in a distant part. 

Pictures — ^To dream you are looking at beauti- 
ful pictures, foreshews that you will be allured by 
false appearances into some unprofitable concern 
that you will waste your time on some idle projects 



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and that you will always be in pursuit of happincsjl 
without attaining it ; in love, it denotes ^reat plea- 
sure io the enjoyment of the beloved object: it 
promises a handsome wife, a good husband, and 
beautiful children. 

Pigeons — To dream you see pigeons flying im- 
port hat«tj news of a very pleasant nature, and 
great success in undertakings : they are very fa- 
vorable to lovers, as they announce constancy in 
your sweetheart, but also that the person you love 
will be absent from you a long while on a journey;^ 
if your lover is at sea, they denote that be has a, 
pleasant voyage, continues faithful, and will re- 
turn rich. 

Pit — To dream of falling into a deep pit, shews 
that some very heavy misfortune is about to attend 
you : that your sweetheart is false and prefers 
another : to a sailor, it forebodes some sad disas- 
ter at the next port you toiich at. To dream you 
are in a pit, and that you climb out of it without 
much trouble, foreshews that foxx will have many 
enemies, and experience much trouble, but that 
you will overcome them and surmount your dilfi- 
cuities, marry w ell, and will become rich ; to a 
sailor, it denotes that he m\\ experience shipwreck, 
and be cast on a foreign shore, where he wiU be 
hospitably received, fallio love, and mafry arich 
and handsome wife, quit sea, and Jive at ease, o» 
shore. 

Plays — To dream you are at a play, is the 
forerunner of great good luck, it betokens great 
happiness in the marriage state, and success in bu- 
siness ; to *A maid, it shews speedy marriage with a 
young wbw who will be very successful in I'fe ; 
aodacquire riches and honors, and make her happy. 
Pen' — To dream y< u .see a pond with clear wa-^ 
ter in it, betokens great success in your unuerta- 



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kiugs; to a man, it denotes his being beloved by a 
beautiful woman; to a maid, it shews the constan- 
cy and affection of her swain, with great prosperity 
after marriage; to a miirried woman, that she will 
be quickly pregnant ; if there appears many fishj 
she will have twins ; if the fish are small, her next 
"will be a girl, if large, a boy ; to a widow, it de- 
notes that she will marry again and be very happy. 

Purse — To dream of finding a purse is a very 
fa\o able omen, it denotes o^reat happiness and 
unlooked for prosperity; in love, it is the sure to- 
ken of a speedy marriage, and the being dearly 
beloved by the object of your affections. To dream. 
you lose your purse, shews the loss of a friend ; 
in other respects it denotes some pleasant adven^ 
ture is ^bout to happen to you, by which you will 
be the gainer; to the sailor, it denotes the loss of 
bis sweetheart whilst at sea. 

Quarrelling — To dream you are quarrelling, 
denotes that some unexpected news will reach you, 
and that your sweetheart is about to be married 
to another ; it shews success in business, aIti)ough 
you are opposed by many enemies who pass for 
your friends. 

Racing — To dream you are running a race, is 
a token of good, presages much success in life, 
and that you will speedily hear some joyful news; 
in love, it denotes that you will conquer all your 
rivals, and be happy in the union with the object 
of your :iffections. To dream you are riding a 
race, shews disappointment and anger, bad success 
in trade and in love; to a married woman it de- 
notes the loss of her husband's affections, and that 
her children will be in trouble. 

Rain-^To dream of being in a shower of i^ain, if 
it .be gentle and soft, denotes great success in your 
present undertakings j it is particularly favorable 



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to lovers, as it denotes constancy, affection, and 
a sweet temper 5 to the sailor it promises good 
fortusie by sea, and that he will marry a beauti- 
ful girl, be happy, and have many children ; if it 
be very heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and 
lightning, then expect to be assailed by thieves, 
and to experience disappointments and misfor- 
tunes : such a dream denotes inconstancy and 
perfidy in your lover, and that another is prefered- 
Rainbow — To dream you see a rainbow, denotes 
great travelling and change of fortune ; it also 
foretels sudden news of a very agreeable nature, itj 
announces that your sweetheart is of a good tern- 
per and very constant, and that you will be very 
happy in marriage : have great success business 
thro' the means of trading with foreign parts. 

Rats — To dream of seeing rats, is the sign of ; 
having many enemies, and that you are exposed 
to many dangers from pretended friends : if you 
are attacked by them, and get the better, it beto- 
kens that you will overcome your difficulties, de^ 
stroy your enemies, and arrive at preferment ; if ^ 
they should tear you and make you run away, then, 
expect some very heavy misfortune will happen 
to you : that you will be attacked by thieves, and 
that enemies will compass your destruction : that 
you will get into prison and become very poor. 

Ravens.. *.To dream you see a raven is a very 
unfavorable token, it denotes mischief and adver-^ 
sity ; in love, it shews falsehood, and to the mar- 
ried they forebode much mischief through the 
adultery of your conjugal partner ; to the sailor, 
they betoken shipwreck, and much distress on a 
foreign shore. 

Reading....To dream you are reading an agree- 
able book, indicates that you will be successful in 
your love, and that you will become very rich 



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trade, it is very propitious ; to the sailor it denotes 
that in a distant country a rich woman will make 
liis fortune, and be very food of him; if you are 
JB prison, it denotes a speedy enaancipation, and 
a lucrative situation. 

Riding — To dream you are riding, if it be with 
a woman, is very unfortunate ; expect lo be cros- 
sed in love; if you are iii trade, business will de- 
cay, and you will be very netir bankruptcy; if 
you are a sailor, it denotes perfidy in your sweet- 
heart, and loose conduct with one of your ship- 
mates 5 but if it be with men, then expect the re- 
verse of these things will happen^ and Uiar you 
will obtain a sum of money by some speculation of 
which you have but an inditTerent opinion. 

Ring — To dream of a rlnof is favorable if it be 
on your fm^er ; if you are in 1 jve, expect to be 
speedily united to the person on whom you have 
placed your affections; if in trade, expect to form 
a profitable counexion with a person you have not 
yet seen ; if you are a sailor, you will meet with 
some unexpected success in a distant country in 
your next voyage. To dream your ring falls off 
your finger, betokens evil and a prison, also the 
death of some near friend or relation ; to a w^o- 
man with clrUd, it shews that the child of which 
she is then pregnant will encounter many difficul- 
ties and be far from being happy; to the maiden, 
it is a warning to bew are of her present lover, who 
"will try to rob her of her virginity, and if be suc- 
ceeds abandon her. 

Rods — To dream you are whipt with ro's, de- 
notes that you will meet with a very pei^^tciis 
friend, who will go very near to ruin ycu — it al- 
so betokens your being shortly at a mrrry making, 
where you must be careful of quarrelling, if you, 
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do, it '\n]I turn out to your disadvantage— ^in love 
it denotes your sweetheart to be of a fickle dispo- 
sitiofj, and little calculated to make you happy. 

Roses — To dream of those fragr??nt ilowers du- 
ring the season which brings them forth, is a cer- 
tain token of happiness and success— *in love they 
shew ycur sweetheart to be faithful, and that you 
will marry and have many children — to the sai- 
lor, tlmj indicate a pleasant and prosperous voy- 
age, with some unexpected good fortune at sea-^ 
to the rndesman and farmer, increase of business 
and abundant crops. Jf a married woman dreams 
of them, she will be shortly with child of a son, 
whp will become a great man, and render his pa- 
rents vpry happy-^to a maiden, they shew her 
sweetheart to be industrious, and one calculated 
to make her very happy m the connubial state. 
To dream of these flowers when ou*^ of season, in- 
dicates dlFtress and disappointment— -to the trades- 
man they forebode bankruptcy, and a prison—to 
the married, loss of their mates and children : to 
the sailor, shipwreck and storms: to the farmer, 
b-^d crops : to the lover, infidelity in your sweet- 
heart. 

River,. „To dream you see a flowing river, and 
that the waters are smooth and clear, presages hap- 
piness and success in life : to the lover it shews 
constancy and affection in the object of your love, 
and that if you marry, you will pass a very con- 
tented and happy life, have fine children, mostly 
girls, who will be very beautiful : to the trades- 
man and farmer, it shews prosperity and gain : to 
the sailor, that his sweetheart will be kind and 
constant, and that his next voyage will be lucra- 
tive and pleasant. If the water appears disturb- 
ed aod rauddy^ or has a yellow tinge, then it de- 



notes that you will go to sea, where you will ac- 
quire considerable riches: if you have a lawsuit, 
such a dream surely foretels that you will gain your 
cause. 

Scabs....To dream you are all over scabs, is the 
sure forerunner of great success and riches ; if you 
are in servitude, expect soon to become master 
for yourself: if you arc in trade, then expect a 
great increase of business, and that you will arrive 
at honors in the state : if you have a lawsuit, be 
sure it will go in your favor, and that you will be 
a considerable gainer by it : if you are in love de- 
pend your sweetheart will have a ^ood legacy 
shortly. For a maiden to dream she is covered 
with scabs, foretels that she will speedily be mar- 
ried to a very rioh man : if it be a widow who 
dreams, she will receive a considerable sum of 
money through the friends ©f her deceased hus- 
band. A sailor is hereby shewn that a rich wo- 
man will confer great wealth upon him in a distant 
country, that he will not marry her, but return to 
his native land, where he will marry a beautiful 
girl, of poor parents. 

Sea.. ..To dream you are sailing on a smooth sea, 
is a good omen in love, it foretels the happy pos- 
session of the beloved object, with many children, 
and the acquirement of much riches. To dream 
you are sailing on a rough tempestuous sea, fore- 
bodes many difFiculties in life, particularly a dis- 
appointment in love : if you are in trade, be care- 
ful, for some sharper is about to defraud you out 
of a quantity of goods, and will, without the ut- 
most circumspection on your part succeed; if you 
are soliciting a place, some one will injure you 
with your patron. To dream you are cast aw^ay, 
and thrown on a desert rocky shore, iadicates that 



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after many troubles and difficulties you will be- 
come rich and happy ; to the lover, it foretels ma- 
ny rivals, who will give much vexation, but that 
you will ultimately obtain the object of your a- 
fections, have many children, as many ^irls as 
boys, who will all do well except the third born, 
who will either die very young, or else be im- 
prisoned for many years. To dream you are 
washing or swimming io the sea, is a certain prq^^- 
nostic of heavy losses in trade, particularly by 
lending money ; to the lover, it denotes the loss 
of your sweetheart by death, or marrying another. 
To dream you are on a voyage at sea, and catch- 
ing fish, shews the death of some friend or relation 
in a foreign country : to the lover, it presages that 
your sweetheart will go mad, be confined for lu- 
nacy, and there die : to the farmer, it forebodes 
bad crops, and loss by unfaithful servants. Ex- 
pect after such a dream to have your house attack- 
ed by thieves, and that some person, in whom you 
repose confidence will deceive you. 

Shavmg..„To dream you are being shaved or 
that your head has been shaved, is a very unfa- 
vorable omen : in love, it denotes treachery and 
disappointment: and in the married state infideli- 
ty and discord : to the tradesman, it au«:urs loss of; 
goods and business : to the sailor, an unpleasant 
and stormy voyage, and that he will be defraud- 
ed on a foreign shore : if you have a lawsuit, it 
shews you that you are sold by your attorney^ 
and will surely lose your cause : to the farmer it 
prefigures bad crops and diseases amongst his live 
stock, also that he will be tricked by sharpers at 
a fair. 

Sheep.., .To dream you see a Hock of sheep feed- 
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to the lover, it indicates your sweetheart to be 
faithful, of au amiable temper, aud iiicliued to mar- 
ry you : in the married state it deuotcs children, 
who will be very happy, become rich, and be 
great comfort in the evening of life : to the trades- 
man, it foretels increase of business and accumu- 
lation of wealtli, but also forewarns him that he has 
a servant unworthy of his confidence ; to the sai- 
lor, nothing can be a greater sign of good luck, his 
next voyage will be pleasant, and lucrative, and 
his sweetheart kind aud true. To dream you see 
them dispersing, and running away from you, 
shews that pretended friends are endeavouring to 
do you an injury, and that your children will meet 
with persecution and great troubles ; in love, such 
a dream shews your sweetlteart to be fickle, and 
little calculated to make you happy. To dream 
you see sheep-shearing, is indicative of loss of 
property, and the affections of the person you love, 
also of your liberty. To dream you are shearing 
them yourself, shews that you will gain an ad van- 
tage over some person that meant to harm you, 
and that you will get the better of difficulties, and 
marry the object of your affections. 

Shoes — To dream you have a new pair of shoes 
denotes much success in life, and triumph over 
enemies; in love they prognosticate speedy mar- 
riage and fidelity. In the married state an in- 
crease of children. If a maiden dreams she has a 
pair of new shoes ; it denotes that a man will at- 
tempt to be rude with her, but that her honor will 
be saved by the interposition of a stranger, who 
will either marry her, or some friend of hers« 
To dream your shoes are worn out and bad, shews 
decay in circumstances, and loss of friends ; ia 
love, it foretels the infidelity of your lover, who 



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will marry another. After such a dream I ad- 
vise those who can, to change their place of resi- 
dence, their present situation being hereby deno- 
ted to be very unfavorable to them. 

Shooting — To dream you are out a shooting is 
favorable if you kill much game : to the lover it 
shews a mistress kind and good humored, who will 
make him an excellent and notable wife : to the 
tradesman and farmer, success and riches : to the 
sailor wealth acquired in a distant country : but 
if you dream you kill little or no game, then it 
presages bad tuck, and disappointpient in love Tq 
dream you arc shooting with bow and arrows, is a 
very favorable dream particularly to lovers and 
tradesmen. 

Silk — To dreanj you see silk, either in pieces or 
for sewiiig, signifies prosperity and success in un- 
dertakii gs ; to the lover it denotes a sweetheart of 
an industrious disposition, good tempered and very 
faithful ; in trade it foretels increase of business 
by means of women. To dream you are clothed 
in silk, foretels that you will rise to honors in thc^ 
state, and become rich, but that you wi^l quarrel 
with a rich neighbour who will endeavor to do 
you mischief. For a married wpnjan to dream of 
being dressed in a silk gown, shews her husband is 
fond of an harlot, who will go near to ruin him. 
If a maiden dreams of it, she will speedily see her 
lover. 

Silver — To dream of this valuable metal, shews 
that false friends are about you, and will attempt 
your ruin ; in love it denotes falsehood in your 
sweetheart. To dream you are receiving or pick- 
ing uo silver money, if they are small as sixpen- 
ces, denotes w^ant and a prison ; if they are shil- 
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ifnoney, and the acquisition of some new fnencls ; 
but if they are half crowns or crown pieces, then 
they denote misery, a prison, and bad success in 
your undertakings, attacks from theives, and 
bankruptcy in trade. If a woman Avith child 
dreams of silver, it shews she will have a girl and 
a good time, but the child will grow poor. 

Singing — To dream you are singing, shews 
that you will hear shortly some very melancholy 
news ; to the lover it denotes your sweetheart to 
be bad tempered, and of an unfaithful disposition. 
to the farmer, loss by a hay rick taking lire ; to 
tiie sailor storms and shipwreck. To dream you 
only hear singing and merry making shews that 
you will have some agreeable news from a person 
long absent ; if you are sick, it denotes a speedy 
recovery; if you are in prison it foretels you will 
speedily regain your liberty. 

Small-Pox — To dream that you or your child- 
ren have the small pox, shews that you will accu- 
mulate great riches by dirty and disgraceful 
raeans, and that you will hear from a long absent 
friend, who is iti confinement ; to the lover, it 
denotes marriage. 

Snakes — To dream you see snakes or serpents 
shews that you will be imprisoned and encounter 
many dangers ; if you are in love, your sweet- 
heart will be false. To dream you kill a snake 
shews you will overcome difficulties and enemies, 
and be successful in love, trade, or farming ; but 
unsuccessful at sea. 

Stiow — To dream you see trie ground covered 
with snow, or that it is snowing, is a very favora- 
ble dream ; to a young man, it shews he will 
shortly marry a virgin, who is very fond of him, 
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girls ; to a young woman, it foretels she will mar-^ 
ry a rich man, that he will have children by herj 
who will become very affluent, and rise to honors 
in the state ; to the farmer, it shews plentiful 
crops and increase of live stock ; to the trades- 
man, it argues great increase of business ; to the 
sailor, a pleasant and very lucrative voyage, and 
a rich sweetheart in a foreign port. If yo\i are 
soliciting a place, this dream presages that you 
will obtain it ; if you have lottery tickets they will 
be prizes ; if you have a lawsuit you will gain it. 

Soldiers — To see soldiers in ypur dream, shews 
troubles, persecutions, and lawsuits ; to the lover 
they denote that the object of your affections will 
be obliged to quit their present place of residence 
by command of a father, on your account ; to the 
tradesman they presage loss ot goods, and quarrels 
with creditors. To dream they are pursuing you, 
shews that you will be imprisoned and meet with 
heavy losses, and be much disliked by your rich 
neighbours. This is one of those dreams after 
which I would advise the party dreaming to 
change their quarters. 

Spit — To dream you are in a kitchen turning a 
spit is the forerunner of troubles and misfortunes; 
expect to be robbed, to lose your trade, to become 
very poor, and that your friends will desert you ; 
if you are in love, it shews the object of your af- 
fections to be of a bad temper, lazj% doomed to 
poverty and misfortune. 

Squirrels-^To dream of a squirrel, shews that 
enemies are endeavoring toslander your reputa- 
tion ; to the lover it shews your sweetheart is of a 
bad temper and much given to drinking ; if you 
have a lawsuit, it will surely be decided against 
you; if you are in trade, sharpers will qndeavout 



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to defraud you, and you mW quarrel with your 
priucipa! creditor. 

Stirchhin;— To dream you are starching of Hii- 
eu, shews you will be married to aa industrious 
person, aud that you will be successful in life, and 
save money ; it also shews that you are about to 
receive a letter containinc; some pleasant news. 

Stars — To dream you see the stars shining very 
bright, augers success to the lover, and good news 
from a far distant country ; to the farmer, they 
are the forerunner of a good crop, to the tradesman, 
great increase of business; to the sailor, a speedy 
marriage to a woman with money. If you dream, 
they are very dim, and are scarcely to be seen, 
then expect^oiiie heavy calamity, and many se- 
vere dssappointments. 

Strange place — To dream of being in a strange 
place, denotes a good legacy from a relatioa 
whilst you are in prison ; to the lover, they shew 
inconstancy and want of alTection in the object of 
our love ; to the sailor, sickness on his next voyage. 

Sw;?.... To dream you see the sun shine, shews 
accumulation of riches, and enjoying posts of hon- 
or in the state : also success to the lo%Tr. To 
dream you see the sun rise, promises fidelity in 
your syreetheart, and good neAvs from friends. To 
dream you see the sun set, shews infidelity in your 
sweetheart, and d'sngreeable news; trrdesman loss 
of business. To dreaoi you j:ee the sun under a 
cloud, foro'els many hardships and troubles are 
about to befall you, and that you will encounter 
bome ^reat danger. 

Swiillaws,,,, To dream of these harbingers of 
suRii ler Ts a very favorable omen ; they denote 
succv-^ h r^de, and riches to the dreamer; in 

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ioTe, they denote a speedy marriage with the ob 
jecl of your affections. 

Swans,, ..To dream of seeipg swans, denote con> 
tention in the marriage state, many children, who 
•will do well and become rich, and fiii your old age 
with joy and happiness ; to tlie lover they denote 
constancy and affection in your s\veetheart ; in 
trade they shew success, but much vexation from 
the disclosure of secrets. 

Sivimming,,o, To dream you are swimming with 
your head above water, denotes great success in 
your undertakhigs, whether they, be love, trade^ 
sea, or farming. To dream you are swimming 
w ith your head under water, shews that you will 
experience some great trouble, and hear some ve- 
ry unpleasant news from a person you thought 
dead ; in trade, it shews loss of business, and that 
you will perhaps be imprisoned for debt ; in love^ 
it denotes disappointment. 

Tempests., „To dream you aro in a storm or 
temj.est, shews that you will, after many difficul- 
ties, arrive at being very happy, that you will be- 
cohie rich^ and marry well. For a lover to 
dream of being in a tempest, denotes that yon will 
have many rivals, who, afer causing vou a great 
deal of vexation, you will triumph over. Ualsa 
foretels, that \ou will receive good news from a 
loBg absent friend, who will overcome many diifi- 
culiies. 

Tecih, .,,To dream you lose your tooth, denotes 
the loss of some friend by death, and that trouble 
and misfortune are about to attend you ; to the 
lover, it shews the loss of your sweetheart^s affec- 
tions. To dream you cut a new tooth, denotes 
the birth of a child who will make a great figure 
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Thunder and Tjo;htning. ...To dream you hear 
tlmnder and see lio;htniii<r, is a very orood dream ; 
it denotes success in trade, good crops to the far- 
mer, and a speedy and happy marriage to tlie lov- 
er ; if you are soliciting a place, you Avill obtaia 
it; if you have a lawsuit it will go ia your favor; 
it also indicates speedy news from a far distant 
country. 

Toads — To dream you see these venemous rep- 
tiles, augurs evil to the dreamer; they shew ene- 
mies and disappointment among friends ; to the 
lover it denotes infidelity in your sweetheart, in 
trade loss by swindlers, and spoiling of goods. To 
dream you kill a toad, denotes that you ivill over- 
come an enemy, and discover a person who is rob- 
bing you, and in whom you place great confi ience. 

Tombs — To dream of bei^^g amongst the tombs; 
denotes a speedy marriage, great success in busi- 
iies, and the gaining of a lawsuit ; also the birth 
of children, and unexpected news. 

Treusiirc'-To dream you find a treasure in the 
earlh is very ominous; it shews that you will be 
betrayed by some one whom you make your be- 
som friend ; that your sweethea-t is unf vithful. and 
grosf ly deceives you ; if you should not be able to 
carry it away, then it denotes that you will have 
some very heavy loss; that if you have a lawsuit 
it will go against you by the treachery of your at- 
torney ; and that you will be waylaid by rob. ers^ 
who will ill treat you. 

Trces-^To dream you see trees in blossom de- 
notes an happy marriage with the present o'ject 
of your affections, and many children, who will 
do extremely well in life; to the tr desman, it de» 
notes success in business; and to the sailor plea- 
sant and lucrative voyages. To dream you ar& 



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dimbiDg trees, denotes, that you will make a foi- 
tune, and rise to honors and dignities in the state. 
To dream you are cutting down trees, foretels Ilea- 
vy losses by trade, and by sea, and also the death 
ot a near relation, or dear friend. 

Turnips—To dream of being in a turnip field, 
or that you see this wholesome vegetable, denotes 
acquisition of riches and high employments in the 
state; to the lover they augur great fidelity, and 
an exceeding good temper in your siv eel heart, and 
that if you marry you will be very happy, have 
fine children, and thrive in the world. 

Trumpet — ^To dream, you hear the sound of a 
trumpet, is a bad omen, and denotes troubles and 
misfortunes; to the tradesman, it presages the loss 
of business ; to the farmer, bad crops ; to the lov- 
er, insincerity in the object of your affections. 

Wails — To dream you are v/alking on crazy 
old and narrow Avails, denotes that you will en- 
gage in some very dangerous enterprise, that will 
cause you much trouble and vexation ; if you get 
down without hurting yourself, or the walls fall- 
ing, then you will succeed; if the wall should fall 
whilst you are upon it, you will be disappointed; 
if you are walking between walls, and the passage 
is very narrow and difficult, you will be engaged 
in some quarrel, or other disagreeable affair from 
which it will require great circumspection and 
caution on your part to disengage yourself; but 
if you jjet from between them safe, you will, after 
some diilicullies settle well in life, marry an agree- 
able partner, have children, and become rich and 
happy. 

Walking„„To dream you are walking in a dir- 
ty JTiuddy place, foretels sickness and vexation ; 
to a lover, it denotes your sweetheart to be bad 



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tempered and unfaitliful ; to the tradrsmaii, it fore- 
tels dishonest servants, and loss of goods by fire. 

IVoltr... .To dream you are drinking water de- 
notes great trouble and adversity; in trade, loss of 
business and being arrested ; to the lover, it shews 
your sweetheart is fake, prefers another, and will 
never marry you. 

Water mill— To dream of being in a water mill, 
is a very favoi-able omen; to the tradesman, de- 
notes great increase of business ; to the farmer, 
abundant crops; in love, success, a rich sweetheart, 
and a happy marriage. 

Wedding — To dream of being married, or at a 
weddifig, is a very unfavorable dream, especialljr 
for lovers, it denotes the d^ath of some dear friend 
or relation, with loss of property, and severe dis-^ 
appointments. 

IVheat — To dream you see, or are walking in 
a field of wheat, is a very favorable omen, and de- 
notes great prosperity and riches ; in love, it au- 
gurs a completion of your most sanj^uine wiirhes^ 
and foretcls much happiness with fine children 
when you marry; if you have a lawsuit you will 
gain it, and ycu will be successful in all your un- 
dertakings. 

Wood — To dream you are cutting or chop- 
ping of wood, shews that you will be happy ia 
your family, and become rich and re^^pectable in 
life. To dream you are carrying wood on your 
back, shews that you will rise to affluence by 
your industry, but that your partner will be of a 
bad temper, and your childreu undutiful. If you 
dream you are walking in an extensive wood, it 
denotes that you will quickly fall in love, and ai« 
so that you will be often married. 

Wool — To dream you are buying or selling of 
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wool, denotes prosperity and affluence by means 
of industry and trade ; to the lover, it is a favor- 
able omen, your sweetheart is thereby shewn tip 
be of an amiable disposition, very constant, and 
deeply in love \vilh you. To dream of having 
wool on your head instead of hair, betokens a se- 
vere ii.i of ilhiess, and unpleasant news from a far 
distant country 

Wounds — To dream you are v/ounded is a ve- 
ry favorable omen, especially if it be with a sword; 
to the lover, it denotes success in your amrau'S, 
and wilh an agreeable partner, who will be faith- 
ful and aiFeciionate ; to tlie tradesman, profit and 
increase of business; to the farmer, an increase in 
his cattle and plentiful crops ; to the sailor, a pro- 
fitable voya^je, with unexpected success in love. 

Wre2is\,„To dream of these pretty little birds, 
denotes great happiness and content througlilife ; 
to the lover they are paticularlv favorable, they 
shew your sweetheart to be of a kind and amiable 
temper, much attached to you, and one that^will 
make you very happy in the marriage state. 
- Having now disposed, under general heads of 
the various interpretations of dreams, we w^ish to 
remark, that where ever we have made use of the 
word LovERj we mean ittoapplyequally totliemale 
and female. We also flatter ourselves, f hat the 
explanations will be found sufficiently copious to 
answer the expectations of all our readers, who 
"will find them in comparison far beyond any thing 
of the kind ever yet published. Indeed, unless 
they were to pirate this work exactly they can ne- 
ver produce more than a mutilated and defective 
account of the science, because we are well as- 
sured, that the original manuscripts were never 
s^eH by any person in England, except the trans- 



lators ; we shall therefore conchide tliis ailiclc 
"with advice liow to obtaiii a clear and decisive 
iuformatioe upoa any particular dreaiii^ which is 
as follows. 

When you dream of any thinof that you want to 
have dniv explained write the subject dreami of, 
on a piece of fair paper, fold his paper in the 
form of a heart, get a gill of red wine, dip the pa- 
per in it, and lav it under your pillow; just as 
you are going to bed you must drink of the wine 
at three draughts. 

By following this mode punctually, you will in 
your next dream have the full explanation of 
your former one. This mode also will enable the 
lover to dream of your sweetheart, by writing the 
name of him or her on a small piece of gilt paper, 
and observing the instructions above directed ; 
mind the sir and christian names must be written 
at full length, also the Rge. 



NJEVIOLOGY ; 

Or the science of foreteUivg fiilvre events hy Mohs, 

THESE little marks on the skin, though they appear 
to be the effect of chance or accident, and might easily 
pass the unthinking for things of no moment, are never- 
thelessof the utmost consequence, since from their color, 
situation, size and figure, may l)e accurately gathered the 
temper of, and the events that Avill happen the person 
bearing them — as oui* philosopher who was a most excel- 
lent anatomist, made these ?igns, from a very particular 
branch of his studies, the result of his great labors and 
long experience, will, we doubt not be found very agree- 
able to our readers, and we shall accordingly proceed to 
give them a faithful translation of his observations. To 
enable them to turn more easily to the definitions, wc 
have arranged them under heads in the same manner as 
•vve have before observed in the er^poundin^ of dreams- 



A MOLE 
On the ivrist, or heiiveen ihat and Ihc^flncer e'/h7i-~":-i]e\vs 
the person to be of an ingenious :rul ir.iia.strious turn, 
faithful in his engagements, au]oro.ns and constant in his 
atl'ections, rather of a saving disposition, with a great de- 
gree of sobriety and regnlaiity in hh dealings, it shews 
a co.T.fortalh^ Licqaisition of fortune, with a good partner 
and beautifnl clilhii'en, but some disagreeahle circiini^-lance 
will happen alont the age of thirty, which wiil conlir.iie 
four or five year^. in a UK-in, it denotes being twice 
married; in a Motnati only once, but that she will sur-' 
vIve her hr.sband, 

Bd'ween ike Elbow and the iprist — Shews a placid and 
cheerful disposition, industry, and a h:>ve of i'eadiog par- 
ticularly books of science— it foretells ranch prosppnty 
and happitiess towards the middle of life, , but after having 
undergone many hardships, if not iniprisonnieiit— it also 
denotes ti:at yuur eldest son will ri;;e to honors in the 
state, and marry a woman nut of his own counlry, vvlicj 
\vill brii]g \:im njuch riciie?. 

]Vear eUlitf Klboio — ^Shews a restle^-s and unsteady dis- 
position, with a great dewre of travelling; ; lijneu discon- 
tented in the mar!'ied stale, and of an ixiie trirn— it in:li- 
cates no very great prosperity, rat'ier o^' a sinking than 
rising of condition, with niany unpleasant adventures, 
much to youi' dlscretUt — marriage w .ih a person who will 
make you unhappy, •t:.iM\ children who will be disobedient, 
and cause you much trouble. 

Oil the ri-iht or left arm— ^^hev;s a courageous disposi- 
lion, great fortitude, resolution, industry, anil conju^ial 
fidelity- — it foretells that the person wii! right many bat- 
tles, and be successful in all ; that you '.vifi be prosperous 
in your undertakings, obtain a decent competency, and 
live very happy- — it denotes thai a man will be a widow- 
er at forty, but in a v.'oman it slievvs that she wiil be sur- 
vived by her husband. 

On the k/t sk&ulder — Shews a person of a quarrelsomtj 
and unruly disposition, always inclined to dispute for ti'i- 
fies, rather ind^olent, but much inclined to ihe pieasiU-es 
of love, and fiithful to the conjugal vows. It denotes a 
life not nuich varied either with pleasures or nii«fortune.s 
— they indicate many children, iuid moderate sacccs^ in 
business, but dangers by sea. 



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On the right shoulder — Sliews a person oi' a pmJeiit. 
and discrept temper, one possessed of much wisdom, giv- 
^n to great secrecy, very industrious, but not veiy amo- 
rous, yet fHilliful to conjusjal ties — it indicates great pros- 
perity and advancement in life, a good partner, and ma- 
ny friends, with great profit from a journey to a distant 
coui]try about the age of thirty-five. 

On miy part from the shoulders to the loins — Shews asi 
even and mild temper, given to sloth, and rather coward- 
ly, very amorous, but unfaithful ; it denotes decay in 
lieaith and wealth, with troubles and difficulties in the 
<lecline of life, and much vexation from children. 

Oit the nether jaw — Shews a woman that she shall lead 
her life in sorrow and pain of body which shall hinder 
her from attaining and bearing of children If a man 
shall have the form of a mole on his tongue, it doth de- 
monstrate that he shall marry with ja rich and beautiful 
woman. 

If a man shall have a mole in a manner behind the 
neck, it doth demonstrate that he shall be beheaded ei- 
cept God ^through earnest prayer^^ prevent the same. 

If a woman shall have a mole on the throat, it doth 
signify that she shall marry both with a wealthy, and 
very fair, or comely eaan, it also signifies she will have 
many children. 

Oji the right ihk[h — Shews the person to be of an 
agreeable disposition, inclined to he amorous, and very 
CGUi'ageous — it also denotes success in life, accumulation 
of riches by marriage, and many fine children, chiefly 
girls. 

On the left thigh — Shews a good and benevolent dispo- 
sition, a great turn f«r imlustry. and little inclined to 
the pleasures of love — it indicates many sorrows in life, 
great poverty and unfaithful friends, and imprisonment 
by false swearing. 

On the left ft/ice— Shews an hasty and passionate dispo- 
sition, extravagant and inconsiderate turn, with no 
great inclination to industry and honesty, much given io 
the pleasures of Venus, but possessed of much benevolence 
— it indicates good success undertakings, particularly 
in contracts, a rich marriage, and an only child. 

On the rishi knee — Shews an amiable temper, honest 
disposition, and a turn for amorous pleasures and indus- 
try — it foretels great success in love, aad the choice of s 



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conjugal partner, with few sorrows, inaiiy friends and 
dutifol children. 

On either /e/^—Shews a person of a thouj^litless indolent 
disposition, of an r.niorous turn, and nawh glvc-n to ex- 
travagance and clisj^ipation-^it dsrjotes many dilliculties 
tlirongli life, but that you will i-iirniount them all — it 
shews that imprisonment will happen to yon at an early 
age, but diat lu aet.erdl you will ue more fortunate than 
othervvise ; you wiii marry an agreeable person, who will 
survive you, iiv wbiim you will have four chiklrcn, two 
of which will iUe yoong, 

(>// eillKT micle — -'.'iiews an eiTeminate disposition, giv- 
en so foppery in dress, and cowardice in a nian ; but in a 
woman it denotes courage, wit, and activity — they fore- 
tel success in life, with an agreeable partner, accumula- 
tion of honors and lichee, and miicli pleasure in the af- 
fairs of love. 

On eic'ier fool — ^hews a molanciioiy and inactive di'^- 
position, iittlc inclir;ed to the pleasares of luve, given to 
reading and a eJrhtary life— they foretel sickness, and 
unexpfctfHl s>!i-!';r:Lr.!es, with many sorrov/s and much 
troni ie, .ui ;inhaptjy ciirdce of a partner for life, with dis* 
obpilif^ist ais i niifoi'tunate children. 

0.!> the rijli! ri k ?/' iheforehra;! cr ri^hi ttmvh — Shews 
en a-.:iive and industrious disposition, much givan to the 
spoils oi' love — it denotes that the person v' ij] be vQvy 
si-ccessful in life, marry an a agreeal'le partner, and ar- 
]'i. •:^ rv. unexpected ricbes and honors, and ha.ve a .'-on who 
V .'W {.■c':\..w<:' a greai snan. 

i, " \ eye ^ro;^— Shews a sprightly, active dispo- 

ni at turn for gallantry, nH:ich coura;^;e, and 

L; . ^^-^ orance — it denotes wealth and success in 

\'>. V. ' a jd bue-iness ; that you will marry an agreed" 
bit; v.:.\.y., iiV8 happy, have chihiren, and die at an advan 
ced ^Ad .x/y at a drtance from home. 

Oil I'lC l-fi e\ebroic, iem^Jle or ?rk -f tJiefonhcad — — 
?hews an indolent, peevish temper, a turn for dcbauche-^ 
ry and iiquoi, little inclined to amorous sports, and very 
cow'ardly- — it foreiels poverty, imprisonment, and disap- 
poiiitmentsin all your undertakings, with undulirid chil- 
iAi*-n, rid a bad tempered partner. 

On. HiC ■nil' iclc corner of cdlitr ej/e—Shews a sober, hon- 
est and steady disposition, much inciined to tiiC pleasures 
uf love — it ibrcteis a violent death after a life tCGn:>ider'' 



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ably viiriPil b}' piea?ures and misfortuncF — in 2;eneral, it 
lore?he\vs that poverty will keep at a distance. 

On ciihcr cheek — -hews an industrious, lenevolent, and 
«ober •lifposition, given to be grave and solemn, little in- 
clined to amorous vports, bnt of a steady coiiitige and un^ 
shaken forlitr.ue — it «lenotes a moderate success in life, 
neither becoming rich nor falling into poverty — it also 
foretels an agreeable and industrious pait ner, with two 
children, who will do better than the parents. 

On il:c cirin — Sfiews an amiable antl tranquil disposi- 
tion, industrious, and much inclined to travelling and the 
joys of Venus — it denotes that the person will be highly 
successful in life, accumulating a large and splendid for- 
tune, wivh many respectable and worthy friends, au 
agreeable conjugal partner, and fine children — but it al- 
so inilicates losses by sea and in foreign countries. 

On either lip — Shews a delicate appetite, a sober dis- 
position, and much given to the pleasures of lOve, of an 
industrious and benevolent turn — it denotes that the per- 
son will be successful in undertakings, particularly in 
love affairs — that j-ou will rise above your present con- 
dition, and be greatly respected and esteemed, that yoa 
^vil} endeavour to obtain some situation, in which yort 
will at first prove unsuccessful, but afterwards prevail. 

On iiie nose — Shews an hasty and passionate disposi- 
tion much given to amorous pleasures, faithful to engage- 
jTients, candid, open, and sincere in friendship, courage- 
ous and honest, but very petulent, and rather given to 
drink — it denotes great success through life and in love 
fitFairs, that you will become rich, marry well, have fine 
♦■hildren, and be much esteemed by your neighbors and 
iicqualntiioce — that you will travel much, particularly 
i y water. 

On the //jroa/— Shews a friendly and generous disposi- 
tion, of a sober turn, given to industry, extremely amor- 
ous, and much inclined to indulge in the joys cf Venus — 
n denotes riches by marriage, and great success afterwards 
in your undertakings, with fine children, who will go to 
a far distant country where they wiH marry, grow ricli, 
.snd return to their native land. 

^ Oil the nde of ike lurlc — ^liews a meek and sober dispo'^ 
Fition, mo'.ierateiy inclined to the pleastires of love, but 
^•rm and stcafly in friendi^hip, rather given to in dust ry— 
u dcinotes much sickness, cad ihat you will be in great 



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danger ol suffocation, bat that you wil} rise to unexpecl'?^ 
ed honors and dignity, receive large legacies, and grow 
very rich — but a!so that yodr children will fall into pov- 
erty and disgrace. 

On the right breast — Shews an intemperate and indolent 
disposition, rather given to drink, strongly attached to 
the joys of love— it denotes much misfortunes in life, witb 
a sudden reverse from riches to poverty- — many unpleas- 
ant and disagreeable accidents, wit^ a sober and indus- 
trious partner; many children, mostly girls, who wiU 
marry well, and be a great comfort to your old age ; it 
warns you to beware of pretended friends who will harm 
you much. 

On the left breast-Shews an industrious and sober dis- 
position, amorous and much given to walking ; it denotes 
great success in life and in love, that you vAW accumulate 
riches, and have many children, mostly boys, who will 
make their fortunes by sea. 

On the bosom — Shews a quarrelsome and unhappy tem- 
per, given to low debauchery, and exceedingly amorouSc,, 
indolent and unsteady ; it denotes a life neither very 
prosperous nor very miserable, but passed w ithout many 
friends or much esteem. 

Under tiie kjt brtast over the he^rt — Shews a ramblijig; 
^jinsettled disposition, given to drinking, and little care- 
ful of your actions, very amorous, and much given to iri» 
dulge indiscriminately in the pleasures of love, in a man» 
In a woman it indicates feincerity in love, industry and a 
strict regard for character ; in life it denotes a mixture of 
good and bad fortune, the former rather prevailing ; it 
denotes impri.^onment for debt, but not of long duration ; 
to a woman, it denotes easy labors and children v;ho v»^ili 
become rich, live happy and respected, and marry welL 

On the ri^kt si de near any part of ike ribs- — Shews an 
indolent cow^ardly disposition^ given to excessive drink- 
ing, of aa inferior capacity, and little inclined to the 
pleasures of love ; it denotes an easy life rather of pov- 
erty than riches, little respected, a partner of an uneven 
and disagreeable temper, with undutiful children, who 
will fall into many diliicuRies. 

On the belly — Shews an indolent slothful disposition ^ 
given to gluttony, very selfish, addicted to the pleasure. « 
of love and drink, negligent of 4i''C'^, f^nd cowardly; it 
denotes small success in lif'^, many crosses, some Impvis-^ 



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dnnient, and travelling, with losses by sea, but it foreteLs 
that you will marry an agreeable partner of a sweet tem- 
per, lijive children who will be industrious and become 
very respectable in life. 

Oil the privy members or parts'-^ht\vs a generous, 
open, and honest disposition, extremely disposed-to gal- 
lantry and the joys of Venus, given to sobriety and oi 
undaunted courage : it denotes great success in the latter 
part of life, but many and severe misfortunes in the for- 
mer which will be borne with fortitude; it also foretel- 
an happy marriage and fine children who will be happy, 
thrive well, and grow rich and respectable : in man it 
shews that he will have natural children, who will cut a 
great figure in life, but he will experience much plague 
and vexation from their mother. 

AVe shall remark to our readers, that it is of much im- 
portance to be particular in ascertaining the^exact situa- 
tion of the Moles, its form, whether it be round, angular 
or oblong ; also its size and color, because these variations 
add or diminish the degree of those qualities and events 
which our author^s explanation has attached to each ; 
for example, if the mole be perfectly round, then it de- 
notes much good fortune, if of an angular form, a mix* 
ture of good and bad fortune, if oblong, then a moderate 
portion of good, a kind of happy medium ; the deeper the 
color the more powerful will be either the good or bad 
fortune indicated ; the lighter in color either will be in a 
less degree ; as our author has uniformly spoken of a me- 
diate color neither dark nor light; if it be very hairy, 
it denotes inany misfortunes, but not so if only a few long 
hairs grow upon it, for then it shews prosperity in your 
undertakings: again, the larger the mole is, the more 
serious will be either the prosperity or adversity predict- 
ed ; and the smaller it is, the less of either will fall to 
your share ; our author has taken the middling size. 

Persons who wish to avail themselves fully of our au- 
thor's information, should not suffer an overstrained bash- 
fulness to prevent their obtaining accurate information 
with respect to the situation, size, form and color ; es- 
pecially as in women a mole is frequently so situated in 
those recesses which modesty conceals from view, as not 
to admit of being discovered but by another ; and yet to 
have a mole so placed is the most fortunate for them. 
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CHARTOLOGY. 

Or^ the science of foreiellino; eunts by canUtossing. 
AS many of those events about to happen may be 
easily, gathered frQ^n the cards, we have here affixed the 
definition which each card in the pack bears separately; 
by the combining; them the reader must judge for himself^ 
observing the following direction, in laying them out^ 
^irst, the person whose fortune is to be told, if a man,, 
must chuse one of the four kings to represent himself — if 
a woman, she must select one of the queens, then the 
queen of the chosen king, or the king of the chosen queen,, 
will stand for the husband or wife, mistress or lover of 
the party whose fortune is to be told, and the knave o£ 
the suit for the most intimate person df their family ; you 
must then shufle and cut the cards well, and let the per- 
son ivhosfB fortune is to be ascertained, cut them three 
times, shewing the bottom card ; this must be rer f^nted 
three times; then shutRe them again, let them becut onee^ 
and display them on rows on a table, taking care alwHyg 
to have an odd number in each row, nine is the right 
Biumber, and to place your cards exactly under ( ach, 
other, after this consult the situation in which thf person 
stands by the definition we have here annexed toecah rarjS^ 
and after having repeated it three times, form your con- 
clusion, remember that every thing is within your circle^ 
as far as you can count thirteen nny way from th* card 
that represents the person, his wife, or her husband, and 
their intimate friend ; and also that the thirteenth card 
every way is of the greatest consequence; either the 
whole pack, or only the picquet cards may be used. 

Another mode with the picquet cards is to shuffle and 
cut them, take three cards from the top ; if there be two 
of a suit, takeout the highest card, if three*, take all; 
when you have gone through the pack ; shuffle and cut 
the remainder, and do as before, and repeat the same a 
third time, then take a general view of all the cardr? 
ilrawn, and next couple them, a top and and a bottom 
card, then shuffle and cut them into three heaps, laying; 
one apart in the first round to form a fourth heap ; the 
first heap at the l^ft hand relates to yoursel-f entirely, the 
next to your family ; the third is the confirmation of tho 
former two ; yoii must proceed a second and third time. 
adding ev.zh time one to the single card, and '];en thve^- 



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single car^s ji;iven the connection of tlie operation ; ob- 
serve you must ailil the card which represents the per- 
son whose fortune is eonsulletl to tiie three, itit be not 
there ah-eady. 

Thence of clubs — Promises great wealth, much pros- 
perity in life, and tranquiiity of mind. 

The kinL; of clubs — Announces a man vvho is humane, 
upright, atfectionate, and faithful in all his engagements ; 
he win be happy himself, and make every one with whom 
he has connection so if he can. 

The queen of clubs — "hews a tender, mild, and rather 
amorous disposition; one that will probably yield her 
maiden person to a i^enerous lover before the matrimoni- 
al tcnot be tied ; but that they w'ill be happy, love each 
other, and be married. 

The knaie of clubs — Shews a generous, sincere, and 
zealous friend, who will e'sert himself warmly for your 
interest an I welfare. 

The ten of clubs — Denotes great riches to come s'^eedi- 
ly frwn an unexpected quarter : but it also threatens that 
you will at the >arae time lose some very dear frienrl 

The nine of clubs — ^hew*s that you \v\\\ displease some 
of your friends by too steady an adherence so your own 
way of thinking: nor will your success in the underta- 
king reconcile them to you, or procure you your own 
aj)probation. 

The eight of clubs — -^hews the person to be covetous, 
and extremely fond of money ; that he will obtain it, 
btit that it will rather prove a torment than a comfort 
to him, as he w'lU not *^ake a proper use of it. 

The seven of clubs — Promises the most brilliant for- 
tune, and the most exquisite bliss that this world can af- 
ford ; but beware of the opposite st-x, from them alone 
you can experience misfortune. 

The six of clubs — Shews you wmU engage in a very lu- 
crative partnership, and that your children will behave 
well. 

The five of clubs — Declares that you will shortly be 
married to a person who will mend your circumstances. 
The four of clubs — ^hews incontinence for the sake of 
money, and frequent change of object. 

The irui ufclu'^^^—' hH\vs that you will be three times 
Married, and each time to a wealthy person. 



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This carJ will equally answer for a woman's being kepi 
by three rich men according to her station. 

The deuce of duds — Shews that there will be some un- 
fortui>ite opposition to your favorite inclination, which 
will disturb you. 

The ace of diamonds — Shews a person who is fond of 
rural sports, a great builder, and a gardner ; one who de- 
lights in planting and laying out groves, woods, shrub- 
beries, and other such amusements ; but that his enter- 
prises of this nature will have success or disappointment 
according to the cards that are near it ; it likewise sig- 
rifies a letter. 

The king of diamonds — Shews a man of a fiery temper, 
preserving his anger long, seeking for opportunities of 
re venge, and obstinate in bis resolutions. 

The queen of diamonds — Signifies that the woman will 
not be a steady and industrious house-keeper ; that she 
will be fond of company, be a coquette, and not over vir- 
tuous. 

The knave of diamonds — However nearly related, will 
look more at his own interest than yours : he will be te* 
nacious of his own opinions^nd will fly off if contradicted. 

The ten of diamonds— Promise a country husband or wife 
with great wealth and many children ; the card next to 
it will tell the number of the children : it also signifies a 
purse of gold. 

The nine of diamonds — ^Declares that the person will 
be of a roving disposition, never contented with his lot, 
and forever meeting with vexations and disappointments, 
and risks a shameful end. 

The eight of dianwnds-^Shews that the person in their 
youth will be an enemy to marriage, and thus run the 
risque of flying unmarried ; but that if they do marry, it 
will bo late in life, and then it will be with a person 
whose disposition is so ill assorted to theirs, that it will 
be the cause of misfortunes. 

The seven of diamonds-^Sfhews that you will spend 
your happiest days in the country, where, if you remain, 
your happiness will be uninterrupted ; but if you come 
to town, you wifi be tormented by the infidelity of your 
conjugal partner, and the squandering of your substance. 

37ie six of diamonds — Shews an early marriage and pre- 
mature widowhood ; but that your second marriage will 
probably make you worse off. 



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Jliejlve of diamonds — ^lipwsyou a well assorted marn- 
agp with a mate, who will punctuHlly perform the Hy- 
hienial duties, and that you will have good children, who 
will keep you from grief. 

The four of diamonds — r-hews the incontinence of the 
person you \\ ill be married to, and very great vexation 
to yourself, through the w hole course of your life. 

The iray of diamonds — Shews that you will be engaged 
in quarrels, lawsuits, and domestic disagreements ; your 
partner for life will be of a vixen and abusive temper, 
fail in the performance of nuptial duties, and make you 
unhappy. 

The deuce of diamonds — Shews that your heart will be 
engaged in love at an early period ; that your parents 
ivill not approve your choice ; and that if you marry 
without their consent, they will hardly forgive you. 

The ace of hearts — Signifies merry making, feasting and 
good humor ; if the ace be attended by spades, it foretels 
quarrelling in your cups, and ill temper to your family 
while you are in a state of intoxication ; if by hearts it 
shews ordialrty and aifection between the parties ; if by 
diamonds, your feast will be from home, perhaps in the 
country ; if by clubs, the occasion of the meeting will be 
upon some bargain or agreement ; if your ace of hearts is 
in the neighborhood of face cards of both sexes, witli 
clubs near, it will be about a match making, if all the 
face cards are kings or knaves, or both, it will concern 
the buying or selling of some personal property, if all 
queens, it will regard conciliation between parties, and if 
queens and knaves, it will be about the reconciliation and 
reunion of a married couple. 

The kin^ of hearts — ^hews a man of a fair complexion, 
of an easy and good natured disposition, but inclined to 
be hasty and passionate, and rash in his undertakings. 

The queen of hearts — Shew'S a w^oman of a very fair 
complexion or of great beauty, her temper rather fiery, 
verging on the termigant, . ^ne who will not make an obe- 
dient wife, nor one who will be very happy in her ©wn 
reflections. 

The knave of hearts — Is a person of no particular sex, 
but alway^s the dearest friend or nearest relation of the 
consulting party% ever active and intruding, equally jeal- 
ous of doing barm or good as the whim of the moment 
strikes, passionate and hard to be reconciled, but alwavn 



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r^eaious and warm in the cause of the consulting party, 
though probably not according to their fancy, as they 
will be as industrious to prevent their schemes as to for- 
ward them, if they do not accord with his own disposi- 
tion. 

You must pay great attention to tlie cards that stand 
next to the knave, as from them alone you can judge 
whether the person it represents will favor your inclina^ 
lion or not. 

The ten of hearts — Shews good nature, and many child- 
ren ; it is a corrective to the bad tidings of the cards, but 
may stand next to it; and if its neighboring cards are of 
good import, it ascertains and confirms their value. 

The nine of hearts — Promises wealth, grandeur, anc! 
high esteem ; if cards that are unfavorable stand near it, 
you must look for disappointment and a reverse ; if fa- 
vorable cards follow these last at a small distance, expect 
to retrieve your losses, whether of peace or of goods. 

The eight of hearts — Points out a strong inclination to 
get intoxicated, this, accompanied with unfavorable 
cards, will be attended with loss of property, decay of 
health and falling off of friends ; if by favorable cards, it 
indicates reformation and recovery from the bad conse- 
quences of the former. 

The seven of hearts — Shews the person to be of a fickle 
and unfaithful disposition, addicted to vice and incontin- 
ence, and subject to the mean art of recrimination to ex- 
cusie themselves, although without foundation. 

The six of hearts— i^hews generous, open, and credu- 
lous disposition, easily imposed upon and ever the dupe 
of flatterers, but the good natured friend of the distressed. 

If this card comes before your king or queen you will 
be the dupe, if after, you w^ill have the better. 

The five of hearts — Shews a wavering unsteady disposi- 
tion, never attached to one object, and free from any vi- 
olent passion or attachment. 

The four of hearts — Shews that the person will not be 
married till very late in life, and that this will probably 
proceed from too great a delicacy in making a choice. 

The tray of hearts — Shews that your own imprudence 
will greatly contribute to your experiencing the ill will 
of others. 

Tkfi deuce of hear Is — Shews that extraordinary success 



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anil g:oo(l fortune will atteml the person, though if unfa- 
vorable cards nltenil, this will be a long time .lelayed. 

Tfic ace of spades — Totally relates to the affairs of love, 
without specifyinij; whether lawful or uiilawlul. 

The kini; of spades — Shews a man who is ambitious, 
and certainly successful at court, or with some jrreat 
man who will have it in his power to advance him ; but 
]et him beware of reverse. 

llie queen of spades — Shews a person that will be cor- 
rupted by the great of both sexes; if she is handsome, 
great attempts will be made on her virtue. 

Tlie knave of spades — Shews a person who, althongli 
they have your welfare at heart, will be too indolent to 
pursue it with zeal, unless you take frequent opportuni- 
ties of rousing their attention. 

The ten of spades — Is a car»I of bad import — it will in 
a great measure counteract the good effect of the other 
cards — but unless it be seconded by other unfortunate 
cards, its influence may be gotten over. 

The nine of spades — Is the w*orst card in the \vhoIe 
pack — It portends dangerous sickness, a total loss of for- 
tune, cruel calamity and endless dissention in your fami- 
ly. 

The eight of spades — Shews that you will experience 
strong opposition from your friends, whom you imagine 
to be such — if this card come close to you, abandon your 
enterprise and adopt another plan. 

The seven of svades-' -Shews the loss of a most valuable 
friend, whose death will plungo you into very great dis- 
tress. 

Tne six of spadts-— Announces a mediocrity of fortune; 
and very great uncertainty in. your undertakings. 

The five of svades — Will grx ve.ry lit::le interruption 
to your success — it promises >ou good luck in the choice 
of a companion for life, that you will meet with one ve- 
ry fond of you, and immoderately attached to the joys of 
Hymen, but shews your temper to be rather sullen. 

The four of spades — Shews speedy sickness, and that 
your friends \vill injure your fortune. 

The tray of spades — Shews that you will be unfortunate 
in marriage, that your partner will be incontinent, and 
that you will be made unhappy. 

The deuce of spades — Always signifies a coffin, but 
whom it is for, mast depend entirely on the other cards 
that are near it. 



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Til" Wheel of Fortune, and what is meant by it. 

"When any one fleKire to know a question, slate any 
numhei- not exceeding; 30 to that let the number ot the 
tia}^ he ridded and the fii\«t letter of your name, which 
perhaps mny prove a figure letter, and let the number be 
divided hy three, and if the division comes outeven, theu 
extect a ^oi>d i<?siie of \Yhat you require, whether rela- 
tinjj; to Ipve, bpsinespor the like : bpt if broken, and odd, 
then the success will be bad, if not altogether unfortu- 
nate. 

Several Queries resolvins; in Matters of Love and Bunness^ 
by throwing a Die. or pricking at a Figure, after ike 
f&xm and Mules of the J olio wing Table. 

What number you throw, or what number or letter 
you prick upon, they bein^ covered with a piece of pa- 
per, through which you must prick, go to the same num- 
ber and letter in the following solutions, for a true an- 

Gwer« " . -^ . . . 



The Fortune Table. 





i - ! / 1 f !•>, i e: 


223;, 4 1^1 0- 

2 1 ?;jr3i 6, 


(^ \ 


■ I> 


-! ?.t4| >,|6 



As io what kind of a husliavd. a Widow or Maid shall have^ 

A h.^ndsoir)e youth iie ^^uve you'll have, 

Brown h i\ high nose, he'll keep you brave. 

2 A .ftRti j^nto thy lot shall fail, 
Straii^.ji stdPither short yor talL 

3 j\ u h . I'X iividpsman is thy lot, 
When he proiiers slight him not. 



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4 Fair, ruddy, bush-hair is thy love, 

He'll keep thee well, and call thee still his love. 

5 A widower, tho' rich thouMt marry, 
You for a husband won't long tarry. 

6 Proper and gay will be the man. 
That will thee wed, my pretty IVan. 

Whether a Maid shall hme him she loves. 

1 BE not too coy, he is your own, 
But thro' delay he may be gone. 

2 He of your wishes does not know, 
He'd soon comply ifitwereso. 

3 Come set thy heart at rest I say, 
He will but plunder and away. 

4 Fear not, thy neighbour is the man, 
And he will have thee if he can. 

5 Show him more kindness he will speak, 
His heart wUh silence else will break. 

6 Sigh thou no more, he does relent, 
And his inconstancy repent. 

How many Husbands you may espect, &<r. 

1 COME, in the town thou first shall wed, 
A stranger next shall grace thy bed. 

2 With one well lov'd thy life shall be, 
And happy days in marriage see. 

S The stars three husbands do presage, 
And thou shalt die in good old age. 

4 Wed thou betimes, or else I fear. 
Thou wilt not much for wedlock care. 

5 Too much pride will make thee tarry. 
Yet after all that, thou shalt marry. 

6 Accept the ring thy love doth give 
For long in wedlock he'll not live. 

IVhether U he best to marry or ncU 

1 DON'T fear, thy husband will be kind. 
And it is one shall please thy mind. 

2 If he be of complexion fair, 
For thee that man I do prepare. 



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$ Come never fear it will be well, 
Or say can i)0 fortune tell. 

4 Pray lose no time, for if you do. 
Age will come on, and you may mCi 

5 If this match slip, you may long stay, 
llien t.ke kind Will without delay, 

6 I upid cammands thee now to do't, 
Then prithee ipaake no more dispute. 



FINIS. 



^ ■ 

Person? ivho think Dreams a mere chimera of 
brain may refer to the following quotations fron^^ 
Scripture} ' ' /'jM 

•^ Gen, 20. S. God came to Abimelecli in a d. 6. ■ ■ :'-: 

J^ 3L 10. Jacob saw in a cZ. tlie rams which leaped 

'^T 11. the ang-el of God spake to Jacob in a d, 

.JCj 24. God came to Laban the Syrian in a d. 

"^ 37. 5. Joseph dreamed a d. and told it, 9, 10. 

^sc^ 40f 5. butler and baker dreamed a d. both of tht > 

jf 41. 7. awoke, arid behold it was a «j!. 1 Kings, 3. l c 

'^ 12. did interpret to each man according to his d. 

'J^ 25. Joseph said, the d. of Pharaoh is one, 26. 

TT" 32. for that the d. was doubled unto Pharaoh, 

,J^ Num. 12. 6. 1 the Lord will speak to him in a d. 

^ Judp 7. 13. a man that told a d. to his fellow. 

^g^ 15. when Gideon heard the telling of the d. 

^ 1 Kings, 3. 5. the Lord appeared to Solomon in a d. 

•^ Job./IQ. 8. he shallfiy away as a d. and not be found. 

oL S3. 15. in ad. be opened the ears of men. 

/f^ FsaL 73. 20. as a d. wlien one awaketh, so, O, Lord. 

.■Ju Ecd. 5. 3. for a rf. cometh through much business. 

^ Jer, 23. 28. prophet that hath a d. let him tell a d. 

•30^ £)art. 2. 3. my spirit was troubled to know the d, 

J. 36. this is the d. and we will tell the interpretation 

■^ 4. 19. my lord, the d> be to them that hate lue. 

J^ 7. 1. l)aniel had a d. then he wrote the d, 

'^ Job, 33. 15. in a d. he openeth the ears of men 

t: js^.23. 28. prophet that h-Ath a d. let him tell, a <f 
jDa?i. 2. 3. my spirit was troubled to knidw" the d. 
4. tell thy tenants the d. 6., if ye shew I'' e 
36. tills is the d. and we will tell the inter 
7. 1. Daniel had a d.thcy he wrote the d. 

^ Mai- 1. 20. the ariSg^l of ! ^ oeared lo Jasent; rn < 
"^ • , not t-^' ttitke marf.-, 

.^& 2. 12. and being wameu < , a ii. 22. 

T^ 27. 19. 1 have suffert?d maay things in at?. 

'^ FsaL 126, 1, we were liketl.em that'tZ. 

^ji Jod, 2. 28. your old inen d: dreams, Acts, 2. 17. 

^ Gen.2i, 12. Jacob tJ. 37, 5. Joseph rl a dream. 

>L 40. 5. the officers d. 4l. iv Phaiaoh d. 15. 

^^ . 42. 8. Joseph remembered the dreams which he d. 

^. Jer. 23. 25. the prophet saifi, I Have d. 1 have d. 

'X. .29. 8- to your dreams which you cause to be d. 

•^vfe (ren. 37. 8. |hey hated Joseph the_more foi' his d. 

_X 20. w€ shall see "vvhat will becomV'of his d. 

"^jT 41. 12. anil^brew, and la interpreted our of- 

Jl 42. 9. Joseph remembered the d. he dreamed. 

^ Job, '^ "- i. then tliou scare t me with d. and terrifiest- 

•50^ Ecd. 0. 7. in multitude of d. are divers vanitiei^. 

1 Dan. 1. 17. Daniel had ur\ ierstanding in d. 5. 12. 

■^ Zech. 10. 2. tlie diviners 1 ave told false d. 

i /««. 66. 10. his watchmeii are d. talking in sleep. 

'^y ha. 29. 8. when a liungn man d. a thirstv man d. 

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